June is the month when agave and yucca plants flower and the phone and e-mail messages pile up as these succulents bloom across the county. There is much confusion about agave and yucca – which is ...

Some plants and trees are best left to cooler fall for planting, but cactus, agave and yucca aren’t shocked at all by summer temperatures. “Cacti, agave and yucca are acclimated to our climate; this ...

In the hills of Templeton a unique and rare garden has been sown that really should be growing somewhere in the desert. Jim Harlow has created a wonderland of over 100 species of agave — and that ...

When we think of agaves, we commonly think of the large perennial succulents, that we call century plants. But those agaves are only one part of a very diverse family, Agavaceae. This family has about ...

If you would like to add some unique plants to the landscape, porch, or even in the house, consider succulent plants. Succulents have thick, fleshy stems, leaves, or roots designed to hold water. They ...

I adopted Lotus Moonflower from the Palm Springs ASPCA years ago. This silent white pit bull suddenly wasn't herself the other day. Her face had changed, the stop and bridge of her nose swelled up in ...

My plants are choking. My rain barrel is bone dry, and I do not want to spend hours watering individual plants, plus it wastes what little water we have. What can I plant that doesn’t need a lot of ...

There are counterfeit yuccas in our midst and they are not Joshua trees. Not all plants that have spine-tipped leaves and whorled leaf arrangements are Joshua trees. In fact, some plants with these ...

This road bustles with traffic, especially at commute time. But pull off of its multiple lanes for a spell and you'll discover hidden gems - including a historic home representing a part of the ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 35, No. 6 (Jun., 1948), pp. 343-349 (7 pages) The female gametophytes of Hesperocallis undulata Gray and Leucocrinum montanum Nutt. follow the normal type of ...