New Zealand plants' deep roots in Calif.
[...] of two parts on New Zealand plants in the Bay Area.Few Californians are aware of it, but plants from New Zealand have deep roots in our state's horticultural history. The Maori ate the young stems and roots and used other parts medicinally; Europeans brewed beer from it. Tough and drought tolerant, it shows up in yards, gardens, median strips, shopping malls, institutional plantings, in multicolored cultivars and dwarf forms. The ubiquity of New Zealand plants in San Francisco came as a... Читать дальше...