Redbuds in bloom are a most welcome harbinger of spring. Their dense clusters of magenta flowers bloom early, providing splashes of color against a winter landscape of browns and grays. Is the name ...

As spring approached last year, I decided to write an article about the smoke tree, one of my favorite “highway trees”. I call them that because we often see them putting on a display of color in the ...

Valentine’s Day brings thoughts of hearts and red flowers. Some plants have heart shapes. Bleeding heart, Dicentra formosa, is a California native with small heart-shaped flowers. Redbud, Cercis ...