Aurora Anaya unexpectedly fell in love with California native plants and vowed to create her own native plant habitat around her corner lot in Whittier. A bonus was a yard full of fragrance and ...

"I learned about the benefits of planting native plants, and I was hooked!" Which was a great thing for the monarch population around Whittier since today Anaya's yard is full of the pollinators ...

It’s fair to say that the goal of many gardeners is to create a self-sustaining yard. This means that each year, plants that will ... and then proceeds to take over that space and anything ...

There are as many ways to fail in the garden as there are plant varieties.

YOU HAVE TO SCRUTINIZE YOUR YARD LIKE YOU’VE NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE. JESS IS ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR INVASIVE PLANTS ... WHEN YOU CAN TAKE STOCK OF WHAT WORKED AND DIDN’T OVER THE SUMMER.

And while I understand that as a gardener, you have to take the rough with the smooth ... to achieve clean and precise edges along my lawn and garden beds”. You don’t get any instructions ...

Another lovely that keeps trying to grace my yard is called Flora ... pointed leaves and will cover over lawns and move into flower beds. Pulling these plants is a waste of time because the ...

San Francisco’s mild climate and ample rainfall support a variety of beautiful native plants that can add color and texture to your yard, like California poppy, beardtongue, and California lilac.