It's still a great time to plant flowers, vegetables and even bulbs in California gardens this month, thanks to predictably mild weather

Many facing a drought are swapping turf for less thirsty plantings. If you’re one of them, we’d like to hear about it

These flowers, vines and shrubs offer shelter and food supplies that keep hummingbirds around longer

It's invasive, a nonnative and a poor insect magnet. Check out these better alternatives to butterfly bush in the garden

Add playful blue flowers to your California garden and provide food for butterflies, native bees and honey bees in spring and summer

Create your own oceanside paradise even without the ocean, taking cues from natural coastal plantings

Breathe in this shrub's sweet perfume while you're admiring its petite white flowers and the butterflies it brings

Highly attractive to native bees, butterflies and other pollinators, California brittlebush adds informal beauty to habitat gardens

Plant pink chaparral currant for graceful winter tassels and an excuse to make black currant tarts

Naked buckwheat is a bee and butterfly magnet with an easy nature, a tough constitution and profuse pom-pom flowers in summer