Many plants that are a familiar part of our home gardening landscape may not cope with the hot dry summers and excessive winter wet that are becoming more common with changing weather patterns.

The healthiest Texas sage I ever saw was a large specimen that, seemingly by a miracle, was blooming adjacent to a freeway entrance ramp near USC. It was six feet tall and blanketed with purple ...

It would be nice if every summer offered the perfect blend of sun and rain to keep the garden adequately supplied at all times, but unfortunately, we sometimes have to deal with the effects of drought ...

Dry spells happen—especially during those dog days of summer—but that doesn't mean your garden has to suffer. With the best drought-tolerant plants, you can grow a space that stays colorful, vibrant, ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! It is hard to believe Mother’s Day is this Sunday! It seems summer has started early with all the warm weather, not to mention thunderstorms. Hanging ...

Pacific Northwest gardeners are faced with the pleasant dilemma of choosing from an encyclopedia-length list of perennials that grow in our friendly climate, and many of those thrive in low-water ...

Transform your dry landscape into a thriving oasis. Drought-tolerant shrubs, such as brittlebush, jojoba, or ninebark, bring ...

In case you didn’t get the memo, California and the rest of the West are deep in drought, with no end in sight, so there’s no better time than now to reshape your landscaping — or balcony-scaping — ...

If you’re old enough to remember, Cousin Itt was a character on the 1960s TV series “The Addams Family” (and its various remakes). Cousin Itt’s face and body were completely obscured by an uncanny ...

Fall perennials can be just as colorful and pretty as those in summer gardens—it just takes a little planning. Although these flowers catch your eye in autumn, the time to plant them is earlier in the ...

The secret to having a drought tolerant garden isn’t in the plants, at least not totally, says garden expert Patrice Hanlon. It’s in the soil. “A drought tolerant garden grows from the ground up,” ...

Last Friday, Saturday and Sunday my area was fluctuating with 78 to 90-plus percentages for chances of rain. Indeed, it was overcast and dreary with mist over the three-day period, however, there were ...