Here are plants and flowers to enjoy, one for every month of the year, from lilacs, camellias and poinsettias to native buckwheat, wildflowers and toyon.

camellias and California native plants? They’re all expecting to close by the end of 2025, leaving Southern California gardeners with far fewer choices for their landscapes, balconies and patios.

In a garden in my neighborhood ... Watering South African – or Mediterranean or Southern California native – plants with spray sprinklers several times a week will lead to root fungus and ...

Plus, native plants can also help prevent harmful weeds from growing in your garden. The plants native ... Found naturally in California along the Pacific Coast, this native plant is highly ...

The team, led by David Thorne Landscape Architecture, were tasked with designing a family garden with plants ... called for other California native plants, such as CA lilacs.

education program coordinator for the California Native Plant Society. “It allows them to see themselves playing a role in the protection of nature.” Establishing a native garden in your ...

rare plant program director at the California Native Plant Society. “High-grade calcium carbonate can be found in many other places, but the only place on the planet where these special plants live is ...

As a resident of southern California for nearly 30 years, Jeffrey Swartz is used to the gusting winds and seeing wildfires in the mountains around his home. But the Dickson City native, 54, never ...