A small shady backyard doesn’t mean you can’t have a beautiful garden. Here are small evergreen plants for shade: use them to ...

Glory of the snow ( Chionodoxa luciliae) is another plant that can survive winter outside. A bulb perennial, it can often ...

Groundcovers are really helpful for filling in those empty spaces with a low-maintenance plant, but this plant also supports ...

Sunflowers are superb but not always suited to every garden. Here are plenty of other options to introduce brilliant sunny ...

Minuet is a compact, rounded shrub with dark pink flowers with yellow throats. It gets 2 feet by 2 feet at maturity.

Add year-round charm to your garden with the most versatile members of the plant kingdom Whether you are creating a brand new ...

FUTURE FLOWERS: Collect seeds from your flowers to plant next year. A few that have seeds relatively easy to harvest include ...

Spring gardens are all about flowers, so why not indulge in some flower therapy to get your garden, and yourself into spring ...

Master gardener Brian Minter says adding companion plantings is something every green thumb can "look forward to with ...

In the final analysis, it’s important for growers to understand that the industry is poised to react to the space jam that is one of the biggest current industry headwinds. Being prepared to solve ...

Often, a gardener’s enthusiasm wanes as autumn approaches. Heat, humidity and lack of rainfall all conspire to take the joy ...

I'm writing this article to let everyone know of some new and unusual plants that grow well here in Tehachapi. First of all, it's always better to plant spring-blooming plants in the fall. They ...