California Gardening307 Stories
Gardening GuidesDecorate the Landscape With Versatile Agave
Beautiful, succulent leaves reach toward the sky, adding texture and beauty to the drought-tolerant landscape
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Polystichum Polyblepharum
With great structure and year-round beauty, tassel fern earns its place in the shade garden
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Encelia Californica
Highly attractive to native bees, butterflies and other pollinators, California brittlebush adds informal beauty to habitat gardens
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Parkinsonia Florida
Blue palo verde's trunk and branches provide a beautiful backdrop to a spectacular spring show in the desert
Full StoryGardening GuidesHow to Spot a Drought-Tolerant Plant
Label? Who needs a label? Learn the characteristics of plants that can thrive in hot, dry conditions to help you pick the right ones
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Purple Needle Grass, California’s State Grass
The long-lived, drought-tolerant Stipa pulchra is as admired for its benefits as for its good looks
Full StoryGardening for ButterfliesGreat Design Plant: Arctostaphylos Glauca Nourishes and Delights
Make big berry manzanita a center-stage specimen and watch the evergreen feed wildlife through the seasons
Full StoryFlowers6 Overlooked Asters for Tough Spots
Whether your garden has baking sun or dry dense shade, boggy soil or sandy gravel, there's an aster for that
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Snowberry Pleases Year-Round
Bright spring foliage, pretty summer flowers, white berries in winter ... Symphoricarpos albus is a sight to behold in every season
Full StoryInspiring GardensSmart Plantings Grace a Hillside Garden
Fire-wise and low-water plants create a lush backdrop for bocce playing, swimming and hanging out by the fire
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Western Sword Fern Adds Prehistoric Drama
For distinctive looks and easy care in a shade garden, go for North American native Polystichum munitum
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