Whether you want fresh vegetables all winter or beautiful blossoms come springtime, planting in September can transform your yard.

JOSIAH CITRIN likes to eat flowers. Or to be more specific, the chef at Melisse in Santa Monica likes to cook with them -- but he doesn’t candy them and put them on cakes, a la Martha Stewart, or use ...

Autumn sage is queen of fall gardens because few drought-resistant species flower so late. Yet this beauty was named for the habit of blooming in spring with a long second season of color in fall. In ...

The genus Salvia is varied in size and color, easy to grow, and trouble-free. It comes to mind because so many specimens exist in my garden, and because this season is the time to schedule cutting ...

Chaste tree (vitex agnus-castus) has been putting on a show for several weeks. When the plant is covered with flowers, it's a real eye-catcher and generates a lot of interest. Chaste tree is native to ...

Question: I noticed our cottonwood trees are covered with galls. They are attached to the base of the leaves. If they are soft, upon cutting them open they are filled with a white substance that ...