Over my many years of visiting various botanical gardens, arboretums and nurseries, I’ve developed a great fondness for and sense of amazement about this genus of plants. Almost every time our family ...

No matter your skill level and enthusiasm for gardening, chances are you are at least briefly familiar with the euphorbia clan. This family of plants offers something for the succulent lover with fat ...

A Santa Barbara Independent reader wrote in to suggest a possible story based on an incident she had while working in her garden. It seems that her husband was in the yard, trimming the branches on ...

Streaks of fire aren’t limited to the sky on Independence Day. Many plants present pops of fiery red and orange during hot summer days. Here’s a sampling of plants with “fire” names that add sizzle to ...

The Pencil Cactus (botanical name: Euphorbia tirucalli) is not a true cactus and produces tight clusters of yellow flowers at the tips of its stems. These are small and easily missed. Note that this ...