Relationships:The genus Ceanothus consists of about 60 shrubs or small trees found only in North America with about 40 occurring only in California. Many have blue or purple flowers, earning the genus the common name, “Wild Lilacs,” but our creamy white-flowered northwestern species are genera...
Biome 5 on the south coast of South Africa. As the summer rain picks up east of Cape Town, a thick scrub of small evergreen trees occurs. Note the Biome 2a like grassland on the plains and the tall Biome 3 like Euphorb above my wife’s head. A complicating factor here is fire. S...
at the transition from central subtropical to south Asian tropics. Our study site is within the largest area of the primitive Zhongshan wet, evergreen, broad-leaved forest preserved in China, with a closed canopy and layered shrub layer with abundant epiphytes on the trees. The dominant tree ...
If you are a beginner in bonsai, there are advantages to both strategies. If you buy a Juniper bonsai which is well styled, it can serve as a three dimensional model for you to learn how to style your other trees. However, there is some expense involved in purchasing an established bonsa...