Like all plants, the locally native flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) varies slightly across its native range. A plant from one part of a plant's native range may not perform well in another part of ...

Products claiming to be made from exotic plants seem eco-friendly, but are they? Household products advertised as being made from bamboo and eucalyptus can sound eco-friendly and luxurious, but the ...

There can be an unfortunate side to having cool plants. Sometimes people want to steal them. At least, that’s been the case for Mark Hanson, who collects and grows rarities for his one-man business, ...

For our third and final installment of the native plant/exotic plant discussion, it seems we need to get to the crux of the matter. You need to pick a plant to add to your garden, so do you plant a ...

Raising the native/exotic plant topic in conversation with a group of otherwise reasonable, considerate and law-abiding citizens is a bit like jamming a continent-sized tempest in a planet-sized ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Los Angeles was sold to the world as the place where anything grew. As ...

Driving around the county, I routinely spot invasive exotic plants like Brazilian Pepper (the poster child of invasive exotic plants in Florida), Schefflera, Castor bean, Asparagus densiflorus ...