California gardeners are genuinely lucky, even if it doesn’t always feel that way in summer when the lawn is begging for ...

It’s designed to handle drought conditions, attract pollinators and produce seeds that are too poisonous to be consumed.

It’s June. It’s almost time for the official start of summer. Do you know where your flowers are? If your garden is anything like mine, your poppies have petered out and your sages are subsiding.

Correction: The Tiger's Eye Abutilon Tree was misidentified as Koelreuteria Bipinnata in a previous version. If you’re walking through Capitol Park you may notice the abundance of trees covering 40 ...

At this time of year, we tend to think of trees with colorful leaves as native to colder climates than ours. But then Jenny Iyer from the Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District (RCRCD.org) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Showy Penstemon add vibrancy to the Lincoln Heights California Native Plant Corridor. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) So ...

• Native trees should grow easily in Southern California, so why are so few of our street trees California natives? • The highest priority is bringing more resilient shade trees to our urban areas, ...

There is an Eastern dogwood tree (Cornus florida) — so-called since it is native to the Eastern US — at the end of my block, which I check on each spring to see if it’s flowering. I can happily report ...

Backcountry Press has announced the release of “California Trees,” a field guide by botanists and naturalists Matt Ritter and Michael Kauffmann. This book is more than just an identification manual — ...

One of nature's most beautiful displays is when a tree or a flower goes into bloom. It's a vibrant reminder that life not only persists, but it does so in style. But the blossoming of flowers often ...