So here's the truth about California native plant landscapes: Without careful planning, they can get a little drab, especially in the summer when many go dormant, brittle and brown. In climates where ...

About a year or so after Sherry Ashbaugh and her husband moved into their home on a sprawling corner lot in El Cajon, they began to focus on creating a native garden. The couple had both worked in the ...

Garden tours are a sure sign of spring in Southern California, and this year there are 16 to choose from. These elaborate gardens range from native plant habitats to hardscape “outdoor living” yards ...

LOS ANGELES — When Aurora Anaya bought her little art deco house on a corner lot in the small city of Whittier, she was excited about the chance to create her own garden. And then she met a man at the ...

The Riverside-San Bernardino Chapter of the California Native Plant Society will offer a tour of eight gardens full of California native plants in spring bloom on March 29. The Spring Native Garden ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Biodiversity is a very large subject that is well worth everyone’s time and attention. Today’s column provides a brief overview of the topic and then focuses ...

Welcome, incredibly, to November, the start of holiday feasting, eggnog abominations and prime planting season in Southern California, especially for sweet peas, greens and native wildflowers. This is ...

California in April is alive with all the colors and scents of spring — a real celebration of the wild and cultivated beauty that this state has to offer. As National Garden Month begins, the ...

Biodiversity is a very large subject that is well worth everyone’s time and attention. Today’s column provides a brief overview of the topic and then focuses on home gardening. Before we dig into this ...