With spring ever so close, the urge to have that beautiful garden color can seem nagging. Here are ways to force the start of ...

Something special is coming to the Sonoma Botanical Garden. “We have gotten strong indications that the start of the annual ...

The best time to prune most of our deciduous trees and shrubs is late winter. One reason is that insect pests and plant ...

For about two weeks every February, San Francisco is privy to a breathtaking sight: the peak bloom of Golden Gate Park’s ...

Spring is emerging from winter in my yard. Daffodils and paper whites are blooming, as well as one tree. The mystery tree ...

For about two weeks every February, San Francisco is privy to a breathtaking sight: the peak bloom of Golden Gate Park’s ...

Magnolias are beginning to bud and some to bloom in gardens open to the public in Glen Ellen, Sebastopol and Occidental.

Sonoma Botanical Garden is self-pollinating a rare magnolia from China in hopes of cultivating more specimens to preserve the genetic line.

What’s a tulip tree? There are two plant species grown in Marin that are called tulip trees. Magnolia soulangeana, a ...

Yesterday, the magnolia tree in the courtyard of my apartment building burst into bloom. The pelting rain that drove me ...

Jamison and Walker tells Parade Home and Garden that the most common flowers in spring are usually tulips, daffodils, ...