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Non-native plants from Mediterranean climates like Australia are getting love from even wholesale California native plant growers for drought-tolerant landscapes in SoCal.

January is a good month for garden classes and planning. We asked SoCal garden experts to weigh in on their personal garden goals in 2023.

From grafting fruit trees to bawdy garden strolls, February has plenty of offerings for plant lovers.

What can gardeners and plant lovers do in the winter in L.A.? Plenty. It's time to take a class, prep your pots and plots, and dream of summer fruit.

Native plants aren't just for habitat. Eagle Rock Brewery has made a new Helles-style lager called Local Source flavored with three California native plants: woolly bluecurls, California laurel and black sage. Sample them June 13 at the brewery.

Print Native plants are the new darlings of the landscaping world, which is shifting its focus from ornamentals to building habitat to help hummingbirds, butterflies, bees and other beneficial pollinators find the food they need to survive. But — news flash!—you don’t need a yard or vast tracts of land to promote biodiversity. Pollinators are more than happy to dine on native plants growing in pots on balconies or patios. For the record: 11:25 AM, Feb. 04, 2021 An earlier version of th...