Growing wildflowers helps support dwindling populations of native pollinators and ultimately benefits human populations and the environment. Flowers changed the face of the planet. Without them, t ...

We will have three stunning red perennials available for purchase at the Okanagan Xeriscape Association’s upcoming annual spring plant sale—Penstemon “Riding Hood Red,” Achillea “New ...

Soil flows up a conveyor belt 60 feet to the top of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing in Agoura Hills on Monday. (Al Seib / For The Times) ...

A gorgeous addition to the already gorgeous I’conia Bacio series. The buds of the begonia are pink and open to a creamy yellow.

Brett Macdonald, owner of Maverick Landscaping, recommends the following pairings: “milkweed for monarch butterflies, echinacea and bee balm for bees, and tubular flowers like penstemon and ...

Asian lilies and penstemon. To extend the life of cut flowers, be sure to use a clean and sterile container. Using demineralized water can be beneficial, if you have very hard water or a water ...

Nursery staff have also started growing plants and tree species such as coast live oak trees, valley oak, toyon, ceanothus, several sages, California buckwheat and the flowering penstemon ...

There are large mounds of California buckwheat, tall spires of sweet hummingbird sage and incandescently purple clusters of showy penstemon. Monkey flowers in orange and red, scarlet bugler ...