Timing is important. Summer is a great time to remove a lawn but hold off on planting your new drought tolerant plants until late fall, taking advantage of cooler temperatures and winter […]
Taking Out the Lawn?
Penny Hlavac
Drought Gardening Tips: Two Poppies
The best time to plant most California native plants (late fall/winter) is past. Use spring and summer to see what these plants look like at their best and to make a wish […]
Movement in the Garden
I love the contrasting foliage colors, the drought tolerance, and year-round dependability of succulents. But with their rigid water-filled stems and leaves, a succulent garden can appear somewhat static. California native wildflowers […]
Air Plants
When I had my patio cover repaired and painted, I had to move lots of heavy potted plants out of the way. This sort of thing is getting more challenging the older […]
Gardening Tips: Chia
Late fall is the time to sow California native wildflowers, just in time for the rains. One of my favorites is Chia (Salvia columbariae). This annual member of the sage genus has […]
Garden Tips: Elephant Food
One of my favorite things about gardening is trying new plants. Unfortunately, through the years a number of these new plants have not worked out. They turn out to require too much […]
Wildflowers in a Pandemic
Over the years I have gotten seeds of California native wildflowers from native plant sales, mail order sources, and friends. Now tidy tips, arroyo lupine, desert bluebells, California poppies, wind poppies, Dudley’s […]
