Understanding which bulbs need to be planted in fall and which need to be dug in fall can be confusing, so let’s review.

Planting supermarket garlic may produce a crop, but ideally, use the hefty bulbs sold for planting, as the larger cloves will give a better crop more reliably. Autumn-planted garlic usually matures in ...

Learn how to grow and care for garlic, an allium that thrives in well-drained soil in garden beds or containers and is a ...

Autumn softens the light, cools the soil and hushes the garden. People who move now set up spring fireworks later. As All Saints’ Day (Toussaint) nears, ...

=Add unexpected beauty to your patio, deck, or balcony with summer-blooming bulbs. You may have grown elephant ears, lilies, dahlias, gladiolus and caladiums in your garden, but did you know they also ...

Cold rain tap-taps on the shed roof. Your seed tin is still half-full. And the thought of crunchy greens and sweet pods in ...

Mexican bush sage, English lavender, canna lilies, dahlias, hardy fuchsia, and boxwoods are among the numerous perennials ...

Design is important — there are hugely talented and exciting designers out there, from the old guard to the young and upcoming — but, no matter how innovative or clever our designs may be, they are ...

Naked ladies or surprise lily (L ycoris squamigera). This species produces purpleto- pink flowers reminiscent of trumpets. Blooms form on bare stalks about 18 inches tall. Strappy leaves form in ...

Bugle weed (Ajuga) is another “black” plant that, like vampires, doesn’t do well in full sun. It is a fast-growing, attractive groundcover with coal-dark green leaves. In mid-to late spring, it forms ...

The Windmill Café serves hearty Dutch-inspired breakfasts including poffertjes (mini pancakes) and uitsmijter (an open-faced sandwich topped with ham, cheese, and fried eggs) that will fuel you for a ...

That’s Pat & Lorraine’s Coffee Shop for you – a modest Spanish-style building with a terracotta roof and warm, reddish-brown exterior that beckons hungry Angelenos like a lighthouse guiding ships ...