Add sparks — and bring in pollinators — to your garden beds this spring and summer with orange flowering shrubs!

This compact perennial shrub delivers bright orange blooms year after year — and in warmer climates, those cheerful flowers even stick around through winter.

Last week I wrote about salvias and lantanas. There are many species and selections available, most of which are drought tolerant and deer proof. They also are major sources of nectar for butterflies, ...

Among the plants that are blooming now are duranta, cape honeysuckle, Turk’s cap, shrimp plant and lantana. My first experience with duranta (also called Brazilian sky flower) was as a 7-foot-tall and ...

Under the semi-shade of our redwood trees my wife and I have established a plant infirmary for those stricken and ofttimes neglected plants. There, these unfortunate ones frequently recover and are ...