If Walt Whitman had lived in California, he might have written, "When ceanothus last in the dooryard bloom'd," for in California, it is the ceanothus that marks the "ever-returning spring." A native ...

The end of February is one of the best times to get snippy and start pruning back certain shrubs and perennials. However, plants that are somewhat tender such as hardy fuchsias, salvias, herbs and ...

After a tall tree in my garden developed a split, I had it removed last May (with city approval), revealing a large overgrown shrub. This shrub, a western spicebush (Calycanthus occidentalis), has ...

Leave these 6 flowering shrubs alone for the time being or you may lose this year's blooms. With the warm weather encouraging plants into growth earlier, we may all be reaching for the secateurs to ...

Spring is the perfect time to start tending to our gardens after the cold Winter months and stormy weather. With the warm weather encouraging plants into growth earlier, we may all be reaching for the ...