As we make the yearly shift to move indoors, we're not yet ready to hang up our gardening gloves and call it a day. In fact, ...

At first glance, casual gardeners almost always mistake the white bird-of-paradise for a banana plant. That’s understandable. Unlike the more common bird-of-paradise, which grows only about six feet ...

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Q. I have a big-leaf bird of paradise, 8 to 10 feet tall, planted in the ground. I have had it about eight years, and it has never bloomed. What can I do to encourage flowers? The foliage is nice. -- ...

Growth habit: An upright treelike evergreen plant growing to 20 feet tall and 10 feet wide. The dark green leaves are oblong and grow 5 feet long and 2 feet wide. Light: Plant in full-sun to lightly ...

Fortunate to be wintering in Southern Texas, I’m able to enjoy some flowering plants that can only be grown in containers up north and brought in to a sunny though warmer environment in the colder ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Longtime SoCal gardeners who have seen it all, indulge me: I freaked out ...