Hallberg Butterfly Gardens have been thriving for more than 30 years in Sebastopol and this weekend will hold a plant sale ...

Chilean bellflower (Nolana paradoxa) has large blue-purple blooms. It doesn't need much water, so it's great for potting in ...

It narrowly beat out the bush sunflower in a March Madness-style bracket competition — part of an effort to encourage gardeners to cultivate native plants.

City Council's voted unanimously Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with the native western blue-eyed grass ...

The blue-eyed grass is San Diego's new official flower. Why it matters: Part of the iris family and native to the area, this ...

The San Diego City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt Blue-eyed Grass as the city's new official flower.

The city of San Diego could soon have a new official flower if the City Council Tuesday agrees to replace the non-native ...

San Diego adopted its current official flower, the carnation, on April 28, 1964, via a secret ballot. More than 7,700 people ...

The Conversation shares new research from University of Tennessee assistant professor Laura Russo showing that bees zero in ...

Native plant species are at home in local climates and soils, do not interfere with local ecosystems and need less water than ...