While the warm growing season has struggled to get established, the Pink Fountain gaura has been blooming with aplomb. The plant is so beautiful, it commands attention.
Botanically speaking it is known as Gaura lindheimeri and is in the family ...
If you find yourself looking for some exotic, colorful plants for the summer shade garden, look no further than the Brazilian plume flower. It is so wonderful that it was once known botanically as Jacobinia magnifica.
Magnificent it still is ...
Mixed floral hanging containers have become the rage across the country, and thanks to the coconut liner it is easy to jump on the basket bandwagon.
It wasn't long ago that you only saw such beautiful displays when visiting mild-climate tourist ...
It's time to get your blues on -- and hurry. I am not referring to music, but the most sought-after color in the garden. Lime green or chartreuse is still hot from the standpoint of foliage, which, by the way, acts as the perfect foil for blue but...
LOS ANGELES -- Julie Burleigh has designed highly tailored organic gardens for clients all over Los Angeles, but at home in the West Adams neighborhood, her personal garden reflects a more freewheeling sensibility.
Easy-care California natives ...
The Chinese snowball viburnum has a lot going for it: Virtually no insect or disease pressures, 12-foot height, spectacular glistening white blossoms, and cut flowers by the buckets. This makes this heirloom that's strutting its stuff right now in...