Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm Poetry spinosus hybrid

spinosus hybrid

•Known and suggested places to find the plant

August Evergreen/Deciduous Winter deciduous/dormant Height by Width 1ft

Good butterfly plant

Plant Characteristics Family Name Solanaceae Species Name Lycium californicum Common Name California Box Thorn Plant Type Shrub Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm Poetry spinosus hybridAn inspiring story about what happens when 3,500 acres of land, farmed for centuries, is left to return to the wild, and about the wilder, richer future a natural landscape can bring. For years Charlie Burrell and his wife, Isabella Tree, farmed Knepp Castle Estate and struggled to turn a profit. By 2000, with the farm facing bankruptcy, they decided to try something radical. They would restore Knepps 3,500 acres to the wild. Using herds of free