A garden is filled with succulents and cacti. - Amanda Alamsyah/Shutterstock Creating beautiful garden designs isn't just about adding a lot of colorful flowers, it's also about combining different ...

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As a decades-long drought persists in Southern California and pressure grows to conserve scarce water resources, more and more people are ridding their gardens of thirsty lawns and water-intensive ...

In recent columns, we focused on switching two groups of species within the same genus: aeonium and mangave. That project raised my interest in ways to group plants in the garden. Landscaping is an ...

Carefully arranging houseplants, especially cacti and succulents, is an easy and creative way to enliven a room. "We have people come in all the time and ask us how to brighten up their interiors," ...

Succulents, with their thick fleshy leaves and stems, used to be the neglected stepchild of the Southern California home garden. “People were just more interested in other kinds of plants for their ...

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Succulents seem to mesmerize plant lovers of all gardening levels with their thick, fleshy leaves and wide variety of looks, from the upright, soothing, gel-filled leaves of the aloe (Aloe vera) plant ...

This is the latest in a series we call Plant PPL, where we interview people of color in the plant world. If you have any suggestions for PPL to include in our series, tag us on Instagram ...