Fragrant Sumac, Rhus trilobata*: Medium-size deciduous shrub for fall color* Rhus trilobata, with the common names fragrant sumac or skunkbush sumac, is a native shrub with gorgeous fall foliage.

Description: Native to East Asia and the Himalayas, this ideal fragrant shrub, which grows into a large shrub or small tree, offers late summer or early fall flowering in the Bay Area. It's a genus of ...

If mosquitoes, gnats, black flies and no-see-ums are driving you buggy, then consider cozying up to some lavender, marigolds or basil. Scientists question their overall effectiveness, but many ...

. . . “It’s gone where the woodbine twineth and the wangdoodle calleth for its mate.” The romantic Elizabethan gardens of Shakespeare’s day often contained tangled bits of woodland, carefully woven ...

February 5, 2004 — It might happen tonight. Or tomorrow. But it won’t happen gradually. It will come all at once. All over Los Angeles, the first pink buds of jasmine will erupt into sprays of new ...

All plant species do not grow skyward. Some grow downwards, and some attain growth horizontally. Lantana is one such genus, trailing down the hanging pot or covering the ground, its thick foliage ...