Now is the appropriate time to plant seeds for spring blooms in the garden. Growing plants from seeds requires minimal time ...

Cambria County Conservation District has announced its 54th annual tree and plant sale catalog. This year’s catalog includes ...

Winter heath earns its reputation the honest way: it keeps flowering when the weather refuses to cooperate. It stays reliable when nights bite. Even in cold climates, it holds pink or white blooms ...

King’s lomatia is a single clonal plant that has survived for over 43,000 years. Here’s how it’s outlasted ice ages, climate ...

Soak up some feelgood color with these tough but tiny blooms ...

Smaller gardens and yards need smaller trees. These evergreen trees, both conifers and broadleaf, won't grow too tall. Learn more about medium-sized evergreen trees.

They may be pretty, but invasive shrubs crowd out native plants and ruin local ecosystems in your backyard. Keep these ...

The Chinese fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense) is a stunning evergreen shrub that brings a burst of color to gardens each ...

A winter landscape can seem stark and muted. But look carefully and you’ll find beauty: Curves of tree limbs and zig-zags of twigs that are hidden by foliage in warm seasons.

Daphne odora is as sweetly fragrant as its name suggests. The shrub has clusters of pale pink blooms that appear in January ...

The blossoms of the Evergreen Pear Tree were exceptionally vibrant in Santa Barbara this year, although somewhat short-lived, ...

The snow and sleet are slowly melting away on our streets, but what might cost you big bucks later are the chunks of the ...