For gorgeous, drought-tolerant flowers that return every year, look no further than this evergreen shrub. It's a ...

"Lawns are the understated focal point of gardens. However, during times of drought or hosepipe bans, they should be lowest ...

“You can also move pots to shady areas to minimize drying out,” Gerdes recommends. Even if your plants thrive in full sun, ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

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

One challenge our gardens have in the heat of summer even in normal weather years is that of providing color. Annuals often ...

August is one of the driest months of the year here and it is unlikely that we will get any rain to help our gardens along.

Lavender is a popular herb that is known for its fragrance and charming purple flowers, but it seems it also has 'friends' it ...

Groundcover plants can fill in the gaps between flowers and shrubs, turning your garden into one cohesive carpet.

Celebrate these long-lasting but underrated bedding plants that are just as rewarding as their more showy counterparts ...

All gardens occasionally benefit from a substantial work-over. In today’s column, I describe such a project in my garden.

Our previous column introduced a project to exchange two groups of plants to provide better growing conditions: moving aeoniums from the ground to containers in semi-shade, and moving ...