There’s nothing worse for a gardener than spending hours arranging the perfect assortment of plants, only to see them die once the weather gets too warm. All plants need a minimum amount of water and ...

Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los Angeles’ past. In this series, we spotlight yards with alternative, low-water landscaping built for the future. The temperature was in the 90s in West Hills, but ...

This vibrant, drought-tolerant flower adds purple-blue charm to your garden while helping create a backyard haven for ...

1. You probably think of kale as a leafy vegetable that you grow on an annual basis like lettuce and cabbage. Kale, in fact, is an ancestor of cabbage. Cabbage was considered to be an improvement over ...

we are currently filming in the arboretum teaching nursery, which is a one of a kind facility where we do all of our plant growing for retail sales to the public. So this is something that student run ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Perennials. Tall slipper plant (Pedilanthus bracteatus) is a highly drought-tolerant selection from Mexica whose bracts are suggestive of Dorothy’s footwear ...

With more than 6,000 species of California native plants, you would think that would be enough for a garden devoted exclusively to them. Yet occasionally you come across a plant with a pedigree that ...