More gardeners are incorporating native plants into their landscapes and there are fun tips to add house plants or plan for ...

For decades, native plants were relegated to the “weed” section of many American gardeners’ minds. Most nurseries didn’t stock them. But that’s slowly changing. Native plants provide food and shelter ...

Pulling weeds is a regular task for Bruce Schwartz in his native garden, which is more about creating habitat than traditional landscaping. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) So you've torn out your ...

Improve your garden's soil health by adding compost to create a foundation for healthy plants. Incorporate native plants into ...

For decades, native plants were relegated to the “weed” section of many American gardeners’ minds. Most nurseries didn’t stock them. But that’s slowly changing. Native plants provide food and shelter ...

Another key 2026 trend is a move toward smarter gardening. Diane Blazek, executive director of the National Gardening Bureau, ...

Learn which host plants, cover and native flowers to grow so caterpillars, chrysalises and adult butterflies thrive in your ...

The dreams of a wildflower garden is something so many of us would yearn for. But most of us have never tried to plant (sow) ...

“Native plants have survived over thousands of years in different climates, through floods, high and low fluctuations in temperature, insects and drought,” said George Oxford Miller, environmental ...

LOS ANGELES — When Aurora Anaya bought her little art deco house on a corner lot in the small city of Whittier, she was excited about the chance to create her own garden. And then she met a man at the ...

Aurora Anaya dove headlong into California native plants for her home in Whittier. A bonus was a yard full of fragrance and endangered monarch butterflies. Water-hungry lawns are symbols of Los ...