California Gardening307 Stories
Purple FoliageGreat Design Plant: Purple Fountain Grass
Easy come, easy grow — give this low-maintenance grass pride of place in your garden
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Cannas
Easy to grow and maintain, these showy, colorful plants are perfect for beginning gardeners
Full StorySummer GardeningGreat Design Plant: Iranian Wood Sage
Architecturally spiky yet soft in a breeze, this heat-tolerant plant brings on the butterflies and gives gardens a delicious scent
Full StoryGardening GuidesCalifornia Gardener: What to Do in July
Active green thumb or not, top priorities for peak fruit and veggie season: watering, feeding, keeping up with growth
Full StoryRed FoliageGreat Design Plant: Japanese Blood Grass
This dramatic, ruby-tinged grass bridges the gap between red and green, short and tall plants
Full StoryGold FoliageGreat Design Plant: Hubricht's Bluestar
Billowy, willowy, and with blooms in three seasons, Bluestar makes a cooling, breezy impression in the landscape
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Red-Hot Poker
You'll carry a torch for these spiky plants once you discover how their fiery-hued flowers can light up a landscape
Full StoryFlowersPaint a Garden Delightful With Iris
Charming and colorful, irises propagate easily, are hardy in many soils and climates, and unfold with layers of beauty
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Chilean Jasmine
Heavenly scented white blooms are the draw with this alluring vine, a treat for gardens through summer and into fall
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Sea Holly
Its spiky appearance can be intimidating at first, but sea holly's range of climate tolerances and vivid color make it a landscape winner
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Rockrose
Dry summer heat and poor soil won't quell the profuse papery blossoms of rockrose, a low-maintenance champion
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