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 ...

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

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, ...

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 — ...

Drought-tolerant plants offer several benefits, whether you’re in a drought or just bad at remembering to water them. These hardy plants can survive on minimal water, which saves you water, time and ...

Researchers Rosa Rivero and Eduardo Blumwald inspect a drought-tolerant tobacco plant. Genetically engineered crop plants that survive droughts and can grow with 70 percent less irrigation water have ...

Water restrictions, oppressive heat, and a lack of free time are three reasons not to invest time and money in a lawn. Some plants that are not usually thought of as drought resistant hold the answer ...

WE TEND TO overestimate native plants, expecting them to be easy to grow because they evolved here in the Northwest. But unless you’re living in an undisturbed conifer forest or never-cultivated ...

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 ...

Cereal is much more drought-tolerant than other plants. Researchers have now found out why that is so. Their insight could help breed crops that are more resistant to drought. Whether barley, wheat, ...