Native insects have evolved along with native plants, so they recognize them as food. Filling a garden with exotic plants ...

Ornamental grasses are the best way to make a xeriscaping landscape look vibrant. Blue grama is one of the most popular ...

This plant is increasingly seen due to its unquestioned drought tolerance, and in addition to its six-foot-tall, waxy inflorescences that bloom for several months, it has arresting sword-like, yet ...

Herbs. If I had to single out a single plant to recommend for every Southern California garden, African blue basil (Ocimum kilimandscharicum x basilicum) would be it.

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 ...

A final orange and yellow flowered plant in my garden — flower calyces are yellow while petals are orange — is Dyckia (DICK-ee-uh). This plant is so uncommon that it does not really have a ...