When we moved into our house, it came with a half-acre yard. Thirty years passed and before we realized, our trees grew into towering giants encompassing our back yard. The four-o’clock turns out to ...

Conserving water is important, especially in California’s ongoing drought. Water was precious when the United States was developing, too, and those who are looking for drought-tolerant plants should ...

Q: How do I eradicate four o’clock plants? The previous owner of my house planted them everywhere.Marshall Jones, email A: This is another plant, like clerodendrum and sweet autumn clematis, that has ...