Experts: Evelyn Alemanni Walter Andersen Ken Andersen Patrick Anderson Maureen Austin Debra Lee Baldwin Connie Beck Steve Brigham Carole Brown Clea Danaan Sisso Doyle Julian Duval Dave Ehrlinger Richard Frost Steve Goto Brenda Gousha Chris Greenwood Pat Hammer Christiane Holmquist Bill Homyak Jason Kubrock Andy Maycen Jacqueline McGee Brad Monroe Larry Moskovitz Taylor Murphy Oscar Olson Tom Piergrossi Steve Plath Julie Plath Greg Rubin Philip Tacktill Bill Teague Jim Threadgill Susi Torre-Bueno Ron Vanderhoff Don Walker Janet Wanerka Lucy Warren Pat Welsh Regions: Coastal Desert General Indoor/Greenhouse Inland Mountain Garden Topics: Aloes Alstroemeria Inca Series Alstroemeria Princess Series Annual Fruits and Vegetables Australian Trees Background Shrubs Basic and permanent garden plants Beautiful California perennials Best Bamboos for Small Gardens Best Clumping Bamboos for Screening Biennials for Birds & Butterflies Blue Green Foliage Brenda's Fragrant Favorites Bromeliads Bulbs Bulbs Bulbs Bulbs for Southern California Climate Bullet Proof Bulbs for Southern California Butterfly Plants Cacti & Succulents Cactus and Succulents Cactus for the Coast California Native California native groundcovers California Native Plants California Native Trees California Natives California Natives Cannas Carnivorous Plants Carnivorous Plants Citrus Fruits Colorful Foliage Bulbs Colorful Foliage for Shady Areas Colors To Use in the Garden Companion Plants for Succulent Gardens Container Plants Cut Flowers Desert Trees Drought Tolerant Plants European Fruit Trees Favorite Bromeliads Favorite Common Fruit Trees for the Coast Favorite Gold Ivies Features in the Garden Fire Safe Plants Fruit Trees Great Bulbs that Naturalize & are Drought Tolerant Groundcovers Hardy Green Ivies Herbs Hummingbird Plants Ivies for Small Moss Filled Topiary Large California native screening and specimen shrubs Lawns Make the Garden Useable Medicinal Herbs That Are Also Butterfly Hosts Medium sized foundational and accent shrubs for the California native garden Music in the Garden Must haves for the garden My Favorite Climbers My Favorite Reblooming Iris Native Desert Garden Plants Not-So-Common Shrubs Orchids Orchids Orchids Patio Plants Perennial Fruiting Shrubs and Vines Perennials and Small Shrubs Perennials for Birds & Butterflies Perennials with Black Color Perennials with Silver Foliage Perennials, Grasses & more Shrubs Plants from Hell! Platyceriums Pruning Techniques Purple Plants Rare Fruit Roses Roses Roses Salvia - Best Califonia Native Flower Interest Salvia - Best California Native - Easy to Grow Salvia - Best Flower Salvia - Best for Rock Garden Salvia - Best Overall Salvias Seaside Plants Seaside Trees Shrubs Shrubs Shrubs Shrubs Shrubs Shrubs & Perennials with Red Color Shrubs & Small Trees Shrubs and Specialty Plants Shrubs or Small Trees for Birds & Butterflies Staghorn Ferns Sub-Tropical Plants for the Coast Subtropical Fruit Trees Succulents and Cacti Succulents for Pots on the Coast Succulents with Blue or Gray Leaves Succulents with Red or Orange-Red Leaves Succulents with Spectacular Flowers Succulents with Yellow or Variegated Leaves Tomatoes Tools Trees Trees Trees Trees Trees Trees Trees Trees Trees Trees Trees Trees Trees Trees and Large Shrubs Trees for Coastal Southern California Trees for Smaller Gardens Tropical Flowering Vines from Bulbs Tropical Plants Unique Ivies Unusual Bulbs Vegetables Vines Vines for Birds & Butterflies Vines or Vine-Like Water Features Water Plants For Containers Weeping Trees

Meet the Experts
We've asked the experts to choose a topic, then select their top picks for each. Discover what they listed as their favorite plants and why by choosing from the lists above or clicking on their photograph. Our contributing experts have added a few non-plant garden favorites as well to make things interesting!

Evelyn Alemanni	Walter Andersen	Ken Andersen	Patrick Anderson	Maureen Austin	Debra Lee Baldwin	Connie Beck
Steve Brigham	Carole Brown	Clea Danaan	Sisso Doyle	Julian Duval	Dave Ehrlinger	Richard Frost
Steve Goto	Brenda Gousha	Chris Greenwood	Pat Hammer	Christiane Holmquist	Bill Homyak	Jason Kubrock
Andy Maycen	Jacqueline McGee	Brad Monroe	Larry Moskovitz	Taylor Murphy	Oscar Olson	Tom Piergrossi
Steve Plath	Julie Plath	Greg Rubin	Philip Tacktill	Bill Teague	Jim Threadgill	Susi Torre-Bueno
Ron Vanderhoff	Don Walker	Janet Wanerka	Lucy Warren	Pat Welsh