Q: I have an acre of native grasses that I normally mow one time per year, usually in January. This year I wasn’t able to do that, and now I have numerous purple verbena plants growing across it. I’d ...

Whim (h)wim/ noun. Definition: a sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained such as "she bought it on a whim." Synonyms: impulse, urge, notion, fancy, whimsy, ...

Some ten years ago, my wife and I visited the Turtle Bay Garden Nursery, adjacent to the Sun Dial Bridge and the Turtle Bay Arboretum. This nursery offers native, drought tolerant plants that thrive ...

Q: When do I direct sow seeds for verbena canadensis, verbena bonariensis, tall purple-flowered ruellia and cosmos? A: Verbena canadensis is a common perennial in the southern home landscape, with its ...

Flowers: Not long ago, while strolling in Nahariya, Israel’s most northern coastal city, I came upon a plant with flowers that reminded me of the sort of image seen when looking into a kaleidoscope.