Normally closed to the public, these inspiring gardens have a lot to gawk at. Here's how to check them out on garden tour ...

In Southern California? Well, yes ... plant's showy red "petals" aren't actually flowers but leaves — the plant's flowers are actually the small yellow centers — and these days, cultivars ...

Just because poppies won’t blanket our hills like in previous years, doesn’t mean there won’t be beautiful flowers to admire across the state.

Fruit. Although kiwi vines generally need a colder winter than Southern California’s in order to flower and fruit, the Fuzzy ...

Photo courtesy of California Bureau of Land Management/Flickr After several wet winters in a row followed by springs of ...

One ideal place to see hummingbirds in the wild is the Southern California Montane Botanic Garden at the Oak Glen Preserve. The botanic garden opened Hummingbird Hill in 2015. The acre-plus section of ...

“High-grade calcium carbonate can be found in many other places, but the only place on the planet where these special plants live is confined to a small area in Southern California, primarily on the ...