Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Susan Spradley, a volunteer for California Botanic Garden's Native Designs group, assembles a bouquet made from native foliage and ...

Pollinators recognize a good thing when they see it — and so do gardeners in search of organic pest control. As one put it, “My prairie is my pesticide.” By Margaret Roach The first time I met Neil ...

When August melts into September, nights are suddenly noticeably longer, while flowering perennials seem to grow wilder, to compensate. One of the greatest gardening pleasures of this cusp-season is ...

If you love flowers that are easy to grow, native plants are a great choice. Not only are the blooms beautiful, but they’re useful too. Native flowers are specially designed to support our local ...

Attention, anyone who thinks native blooms are brilliant in the wild — or our yards — but don’t work in bouquets. Boy, are we wrong. This isn’t an invitation to trample wildflower fields to pick ...

Come spring in California, after even a little bit of rain, people start asking the big questions: When does the Wild Flower Hotline start up and will this year be a superbloom? The first question is ...

Calendars can be handy, but there's nothing quite like spotting certain blooms to let you know spring has officially arrived. Whether you see these flowers on trees, shrubs, vines, annuals, or ...

Susan Spradley, a volunteer for California Botanic Garden's Native Designs group, assembles a bouquet made from native foliage and flowers, including glossy hollyleaf cherry branches and sunflowers, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just when you think you've missed the last chance for snow in your neck of the woods, you start seeing tree limbs covered in white ...