The hibiscus is an elegant blooming plant whose popularity is growing, whether container cultivated around decks, porches, and patios or used in landscape settings as annual color. While individual flowers may last only a day or so, especially in the hot summer, many...
The lawn is the foundation of suburban American landscapes and the pride and joy of (almost) every homeowner. But maintaining that luxurious lawn can be a pain and time drain. Weekends mowing and edging the grass Time wasted watering, weeding, and fertilizing Multiple...
How to Plant a Tree: a Compact Guide Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. And if you wait a thousand years, a little acorn might drop in the precise location where you’d like an oak tree in your yard. But if you want that oak tree sooner, you might have to take...
There was a time when citrus trees grew everywhere in Southern California. You’d see them on the way to school, church, the root beer stand, or wherever you were heading. New housing tracts were planted squarely in the middle of active citrus groves. Even now,...
The ever-blooming bougainvillea, a shrubby vine covered with bright and gaudy blossoms, is a spectacular sight in the tropics and hot coastal areas of the Americas. Named in honor of L.A. de Bougainville, a French navigator who lived from 1729 to 1811, the plant is...
