Reasons to invest: It’s a garden stalwart for a very good reason. With fluffy purple flowers forming atop towering slender ...

September is a good time to get stuck into a spot of propagation. It’s not too hot, not too cold, and many of the best ...

Blue Mountain Lilac (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus ‘Skylark’): This ceanothus shrub has dark blue flower clusters that bloom in the spring. Concha California Lilac (Ceanothus): This is a lilac that ...

Such was the case for wild lilac (Ceanothus) when Neil Bell, a horticulturist for OSU Extension Service, decided to assess the evergreen shrubs. He planted 45 cultivars at The Oregon Garden in ...

Other distinctively Californian, climate-appropriate plants include hummingbird sage, Cleveland sage, California lilac and California redbud.

Seeds are available by many heirloom seed companies. California Lilac, Ceanothus, is a hardy perennial and nitrogen-fixing shrub in the buckthorn family.

A bee-busy, massive California lilac bush in Santa Monica, the floppy, Dr. Seuss-like dune sedge in La Canada Flintridge, the mountain-inspired mix of California buckwheat, sagebrush and black ...

The queens forage for pollen and nectar on early-blooming shrubs such as manzanitas, California lilac (Ceanothus) and wildflowers like California poppies.

Whither California’s golden cup oak trees, its lilacs and its agave plants? They are creeping up mountainsides, no longer able to survive at their normal elevations.

A California native garden is a haven for birds and other wildlife. Indigenous plants have co-existed and evolved together with birds and pollinating insects over time, each depending on each ...