Sims aeonium (Aeonium simsii x canariense). This succulent’s bright green leaves are strap-shaped with pointed tips. The leaf margins are lined with translucent cilia, giving them a fringed appearance ...

Our previous column introduced a project to exchange two groups of plants to provide better growing conditions: moving aeoniums from the ground to containers in semi-shade and moving mangaves from ...

This time of year evening night lights burn brighter, the stars shimmer ever so slightly in the night sky and the early morning dew sparkles in reflective light across our gardens. The feelings of ...

Even during these cold and bleak winter months, some succulent plants are going through their primary growth period. The “winter grower” (or “summer dormant”) succulents include several popular genera ...

There’s so much to love about succulents — the fascinating patterns of their foliage, their incredible ability to hold water and their flowers. Flowers? Yes, all succulents produce beautiful flowers — ...

We hear the message to conserve water a lot nowadays, and it’s little wonder with another year of drought stressing our state. Conserving water is a principle of Earth-friendly gardening and both the ...

Aeonium is a fascinating and beautiful genus of plants that most gardeners in the Southeast have never heard of. Thirty species are native to numerous islands northwest of the African continent, ...

All gardens occasionally benefit from a substantial work-over. In today’s column, I describe such a project in my garden. In brief, the project basically involves exchanging two groups of plants.