The Chaparral, The Tangled Assortment of low-growing, drought-resistant native shrubs covering most of San Diego County’s lower mountain slopes, has managed to remain somewhat green this summer.

When an ornamental horticulture professor at Cuyamaca College asked him to draft a design for a plant nursery, Carl Herzog looked at the bare, decomposed granite hillside beside his Lakeside house and ...

Plant lovers can shop for staghorn ferns, epiphyllums, hibiscus, succulents and, of course, plumerias at this year’s Plumeria Festival at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. The event ...

It’s ferns, flowers and all things plumeria at this year’s Plumeria Festival, back for its 11th year at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. The festival runs Friday, July 18, from 4 p ...

A. I believe it is a seed pod. Some plumerias seldom develop seed pods, while others produce an abundance. If you wish to sow, allow plumeria seed pods, or follicles, to ripen on the tree. This occurs ...