These 20 new annual flowers come recommended as the top new introductions of flower trialers and other professional flower-watchers.

I am constantly on the lookout for the best plants for a courtyard garden as I have a small courtyard garden myself. It's a ...

If you were growing a potted hibiscus on the patio over the summer, you have a head start on keeping it alive over the winter. When bringing a tropical hibiscus indoors, it still needs lots of light, ...

Ahead, discover the highest-yielding fruits and vegetables that don't demand much from the gardener.

As time passes, I have come to regard the (Euryops pectinatus) as an ornamental plant that no Southern California garden ...

Q • The leaves of my rosemary topiary plant are getting a white fuzz on them, and the new growth looks very thin and spindly.

NEW Year is a  wonderful time for gardeners. Full of hopes and dreams for our outside spaces – nothing will come between us and a perfectly planned garden (until weather, other ...

Suet adds umami, which is the Japanese term for “delicious savory taste”. Without suet, mincemeat is sort of like boiled ...

As I drive to and from winter recreation sites in the Central Gorge and nearby mountains, I can’t help but notice the native ...

January is a busy month for ordering seeds, starting seeds, and thinking about which plants you will select in spring for ...

Five years after Diane Wilson’s landmark settlement with Formosa Plastics, money flows to “the bay and the fishermen.” ...