TSG Habitat Garden
When it came time to install landscaping for our new offices in San Leandro, company president Cassidy Lundin had a special request. Instead of a boring lawn edged with the usual clipped shrubs, he envisioned a habitat garden that would support local wildlife like butterflies, hummingbirds and bees. No problem! We planted Butterfly Bush (Buddleja), Daylilies (Hemerocallis), Santa Barbara Sage (Salvia leucantha Santa Barbara’), Butterfly Weed (Asclepias), Lion’s Tail (Leonotus) and a variety of native sages and manzanitas. These…
The Mighty Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba is the only living tree species that shared the planet with dinosaurs. The fossil record shows they’ve been around for 200 million years, and there’s something prehistoric-looking about their flat, fan-shaped leaves. They unfurl a bright green color in spring, stay green all summer, and then in fall turn the most brilliant gold. Every leaf on the tree changes to exactly the same color, and they all drop within a few weeks of each other, giving the impression of a shower of gold. Tough and disease resistant, these make…
