Want privacy without putting up a fence? This beautiful flowering bush creates a lush, natural screen that turns your patio ...

The U.S. is a wildly diverse landscape. Consider how different the northern landscapes of Michigan and Minnesota are from the deserts of Texas and New Mexico, or the dense forests of the Northeast or ...

The nonprofit group Wild Ones offers a free library of designs, with plants specific to your area — and you don’t have to be a member to use it. By Margaret Roach Turning your front yard into ...

One of the most inspiring developments in landscape design today is the interest in supporting and growing native plants. While many traditional references in landscape design, like the gardens of ...

Gardening, already one of the most popular hobbies in America, has experienced a huge growth spurt in the past five years. Spending on gardening tools, plants and professional landscaping remains on ...

If your trees, shrubs, and evergreens seem to be the same size now as when the season started – or worse yet, are spindlier or deteriorated – a rescue venture might be on your 2025 gardening horizon.

Each dead plant offers a possible learning experience that can translate into more gardening success in the future.

Welcome to the October edition of the L.A. Times Plants newsletter, with a list of this month’s plant-related activities and upcoming events. But first, let’s celebrate one of my favorite things about ...