While English Ivy may look beautiful as it crawls up old buildings, it’s one of the many foreign invasive plant species in ...

Thrips on plants in your garden or indoors can cause a lot of damage. Here's how to stop these pests with simple organic ...

Leave the bean pods on this shrub and they turn a startling shade of blue just in time for Halloween, hanging eerily from the ...

Cauliflower’s compact shape and shallow roots allow it to grow in a pot. Grow each seedling in a 12-inch-wide and deep ...

Learn how to harvest rainwater for your garden with tips on systems, setup, maintenance, and legal considerations.

When you get your plant, don't disturb the roots. Cut out the bottom of the pot, put the pot in the planting hole—with sandy, ...

The Coulter’s Matilija poppy (Romneya coulteri), a California/Baja native plant, is a paradox. It is described as both ...

Spring is not the only season that bulbs bloom. In fact, you can have bulbs blooming in your garden throughout the year.

Shrubs are the bones of a landscape - multitasking as hedges, windbreaks, privacy screens, and edging. Of course, like other ...

As the summer garden winds down, it’s time to think about spring flowers, and the best way to ramp them up would be to plant bulbs now. We’re all familiar with tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, the ...

In the r/NoLawns subreddit, a group interested in alternatives to monoculture lawns with a focus on native plants, the ...

The Mathias Botanical Garden and Herbarium is a 7.5-acre parcel that’s an undeveloped part of the natural canyon between busy ...