Hot summers can be brutal on plants, but some thrive in extreme heat and drought. These tough, low-maintenance plants ...

The Sunrise Dance is a four-day coming-of-age ceremony — a significant and highly spiritual event for the young lady and the ...

Two half-built nuclear reactors have sat unused in Fairfield County, S.C., for the last seven years, a monument to America’s previous rounds of nuclear ambition. The reactors at the Virgil C. Summer ...

Other plants that are native to the desert and other dry regions, like agave, aloe, and yucca, can use unmodified cactus soil. In a pinch, cactus soil may also be suitable for other drought-tolerant ...

Shrinking the size of your lawn is also an option this spring. The movement for less turf is growing as the expense and water to maintain a lawn keeps growing. Here are some ideas for using less water ...

Cities with first-time fire zone designations include Santa Monica, La Cañada-Flintridge, South Pasadena, Alhambra, ...

Another early spring-flowering plant which you will find right now at garden centers is ranunculus ( Ranunculus asiaticus ), ...

In most regions, April brings warmer weather, thawed soil, the end of frosts, and more sunlight. In short, April is a great ...

A team of researchers from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and ...

It’s as if the sun, which is suddenly more visible in the sky, has an ally in the color of so many spring blooms.

A brightly coloured plant that grows new flowers every single day could be a great addition to your garden - but you need to make sure to plant it this spring. Daylilies, or hemerocallis ...