It’s amazing to gardeners that our lawns and landscapes can just be greening up in spring and yet there are weeds already growing like gangbusters and blooming. How do they get started so quickly?

This is one part in a weekly series featuring the UC Davis Arboretum’s “Garden Gems” series – 45 can’t-fail, easy-care, low-water plants well adapted to our region and that add sparkle to ...

In most gardens, a good edger is worth its weight in gold, but one that has such distinctive green and gold foliage in a soft, low clump, as this plant does, is invaluable. These days, hipper-looking ...