Fruits and vegetables need plenty of nutrients and water to thrive in a garden. California native plants prefer unamended soils and need little water once they’re established. Separation is the key to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Juniper branch and seeds from circa 50,000 years ago. (Jeanette Marantos / Los Angeles Times) At the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, ...

So here's the truth about California native plant landscapes: Without careful planning, they can get a little drab, especially in the summer when many go dormant, brittle and brown. In climates where ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After a tall tree in my garden developed a split, I had it removed last May (with city approval), revealing a large overgrown shrub. This shrub, a western ...

Pollinating insects are getting their habitats back at Hopkins Wilderness Park in Redondo Beach. Volunteers put nearly 850 ...

As gardeners, we are drawn to the latest, brightest varieties of thirsty, exotic species for our gardens, always chasing the new and unusual. As our world heats up with climate change, water-thirsty ...

The summer of 2024 was California’s hottest on record. Did you struggle to keep your plants adequately watered? Did your water bills skyrocket? Did some plants die even with increased irrigation? Are ...

This web of food-centered relationships will take center stage at the California Native Plant Foods Celebration and Symposium, a first-of-its-kind event at the University of California, Davis. It will ...

Gardening involves a short list of objectives: landscape beauty, drought tolerance, fire resistance (for vulnerable areas), and the enjoyment of gardening. Today’s column focuses on the benefits of ...

Welcome to the December issue of the L.A. Times Plants newsletter. Yes, I know it’s the holidays. However, we have plenty to keep plant people busy this month. First, let me share what I learned from ...

Long before the buildings and boulevards, before people inhabited the great basin that became known as Los Angeles, there were plants and fire. For the native flora here in California, fire is an ...

At the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, Jessie George and other paleobotanists — the folks who study ancient plants the way paleontologists study prehistoric bones — are compiling a list of California ...