Category: Education

Fasciation Lew Feldman, Director Fasciation is a condition in which the tip of a shoot or flower, instead of producing a cylindrical axis that elongates, produces flattened, elongated and often contorted parts. This abnormal growth pattern is sometimes referred to as “crested.” An example at the Garden that intrigues visitors – from school children to adults…

Garden Director Lew Feldman The Garden’s Mather Redwood Grove is part of the California collection and contains over 450 coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens). Given that the trees in the Grove are planted so densely, I am often asked how the understory plants, such as Oxalis oregana (wood sorrel), are able to capture enough sunlight for…