Orange is a not a color for the faint of heart. It demands attention, as if shouting out, “Hey, look at me! Take notice!” For several decades, as a landscape designer, I studiously avoided the use of ...

The Esperanza is one of those shrubs that brings about hope and anticipation for the growing season. Actually, that is what Esperanza means in Spanish. As a gardener who got his horticultural roots in ...

For gardeners with limited space, a hearty shrub or small tree that produces fragrant blossoms nearly year-round might be a good choice. Mock orange fills that bill. The common name mock orange is ...

A pretty purple-flowered bush blooming on the hills of the burned areas in Santiago and Modjeska canyons is a danger to people, according to the Department of Forestry. The flower, commonly known as ...