If you inserted a thousand famous poems into a big, bulb-lined thinking machine, specifically poems about various months, and you proceeded to search for the word "flower," chances are as good as an ...

Pearl acacia is a large shrub, native to Australia, that can be pruned into a tidy 10- to 20-foot-tall tree. From late fall ...

With our penchant for balmy weather and beautiful days, Southern California has no shortage of gorgeous public gardens. When seeking the best of these botanic gardens, we included favorites that ...

For many Southern California residents there is a natural oasis just a short drive away — the region’s many botanical gardens offer an escape from the daily grind of the urban jungle with a stroll ...

The South Coast Botanic Garden in Palos Verdes Estates isn’t reaching for the stars for its upcoming winter light show. Instead it’s bringing the stars down for a visit to illuminate the park with its ...

We’re blessed with temperate weather in Southern California, perfect for growing all kinds of vegetables and flowers year-round ... if only we could get a spade into our soil. That’s the rub with ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Fruit. Although kiwi vines generally need a colder winter than Southern California’s in order to flower and fruit, the Fuzzy Jenny variety needs only 100 ...

This is my love letter to botanic gardens, which are not only beautiful places to wander and enjoy the landscape, but are a refuge and haven for families, and the places that teach us how to transform ...

Growing Works in Camarillo cultivates plants for public gardens, nurseries, and landscapers using the labor of people with ...

Crowds were continuing to gather Friday at The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, where another "Corpse Flower" is nearing an odiferous bloom. The bloom, which typically lasts ...