We focused recently on whether to prune trees and shrubs in January or wait until late winter/early spring. This decision is based on the plant’s bloom time. Let’s consider one of the winter growers: ...

A lot of our garden favorites hail from the Canary Islands, a botanical wonderland off the coast of North Africa. We mentioned some familiar examples in our last column. Two spectacular Canary ...

This time of year evening night lights burn brighter, the stars shimmer ever so slightly in the night sky and the early morning dew sparkles in reflective light across our gardens. The feelings of ...

Even during these cold and bleak winter months, some succulent plants are going through their primary growth period. The “winter grower” (or “summer dormant”) succulents include several popular genera ...

We hear the message to conserve water a lot nowadays, and it’s little wonder with another year of drought stressing our state. Conserving water is a principle of Earth-friendly gardening and both the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Our previous column introduced a project to exchange two groups of plants to provide better growing conditions: moving aeoniums from the ground to containers ...