Useful Garden Links
Australian
South African
Mediterranean
Cloud Forest gardening
Bay Area societies & clubs
Botanical Gardens & Arboreta back
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California
U.S.A.
Elsewhere
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Chelsea
Physic Garden, London. Medicinal plants; open April-October; founded
in 1673 by the Society of Apothecaries
Plant Photos
Australian plants
Virtual Garden
The Gary Matson Virtual
Garden. Beautiful garden photos, some with commentary, published in
memory of Gary Matson, a California gardener and horticulturist, and of
his partner Winfield Mowder.
Horticultural Info: “How to” sites, reference, information
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Species descriptions
General Reference
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Dictionary
of Botanical terms
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Prof.
Arthur Gibson’s mini course on various botanical subjects, such as:
types of roots; all about bark; types of plant armature (i.e., spines and
thorns)
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World Database
of Legumes - most not accessible without subscription, but there is
access to an index to scientific writings on legume species, classified
by tribe.
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Botanical
Glossary - A fully hypertexed 'dictionary' explaining the latin in
plant names. Find out what a fugacious leaf is!
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Botany.com
- dictionary of botanical terms and an encyclopedia searchable by common
or botanical names
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Common/Latin name
dictionary Know only the English common name of a plant? This site
will give you the Latin name for about 20,000 common English names.
General Gardening Sites
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GardenWeb
Forums The Garden Web has “forums” on which one can ask questions which
will hopefully be answered by others
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Gardening
for Kids - tips on gardening with children, including kid friendly
plants
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GardensAlive!
- an organic commercial site with many useful articles on organic gardening.
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Dave’s garden:
plant database, gardening discussion forums, seed trading, and what he
calls journals: individual gardeners’ lists of what plants they are growing,
and how they have done
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National Gardening
Association - great all-around resource with articles, Q & A, regional
reports, kids gardening etc.
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Cornell University
Dept of Horticulture. One of the best university sites for general
horticultural and gardening info.
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See also, non-website info sources available at internet “newsgroups.”
One “subscribes” to a newsgroup on Netscape by clicking on Subscribe in
the File menu of the Newsgroup menu in the Communicator Menu, or by using
a newsreader program. The following newsgroups are recommended:
rec.gardens
uk.rec.gardening
fr.rec.jardinage (in french)
You can “post” a message on the group, and someone will usually reply.
You should be careful never to allow your real email address to appear
in a posting, or you will thereafter be deluged with spam.
Germination and propagation
Diseases, pests (insects, deer, gophers)
Helpful critters: worms, ducks
“Wild” Plants & Places back
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CA Natives
Parks
Plant Societies by type of Plant
Mail Order Nurseries and Supplies
As with any Internet or Mail order source for goods and services, caveat
emptor. A listing on this website does not represent the endorsement by
the California Horticultural Society of any vendor. One should always exercise
judgment when ordering anything on the Internet. Although we are not aware
of any service yet that lists recommendations of mail order plant sources
(like some which exist for photographic equipment, or example), it is suggested
that if you are not aware of a firm’s reputation, that you inquire in newsgroups
(such as rec.gardens, the Gardenweb forums, or relevant groups at Yahoogroups.com),
what has been the experience of others who have ordered from that firm.
We have not listed any site that people have reported serious problems
with. If you have any problems with a site we have listed, please let us
know.
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The Garden Watchdog:
Consumer ratings and comments on over 900 plant/seed/bulb mail order companies.
Forbes rated this site Best of the Web for 2003. You decide.
Seeds
Plants
Supplies
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Bob Tanem’s
“sticky cards” for traping pesky whiteflies and thrips
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Rosemania
- source of “Aliette”, the wonder drug for phytopthera; used by rose fanciers
for downy mildew as well
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Gardener's
Supply Company - a commercial site with good articles, how-to, and
a garden question service.
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Gardens Alive!
- a commercial site with good articles, many organic supplies. Also has
small-scale custom blended fertilizers using the Albrecht
method.
Ephemera
Desert
Hawaii
Weeds
Wildflowers
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