My mother’s first fashion tip was “Never wear stripes with plaids!” They simply don’t match. As I journeyed through my life in design, I discovered that sometimes you could blend stripes with plaids.

Good things come in small packages. At this point, these six words might as well be the mantra at Lone Pine Gardens nursery in southwest Sebastopol. While the 4-acre nursery is a full-service ...

Q. My Christmas cactus measures about 3 feet wide at the base. We’ve named it Patty Ann, after me. I hope you like the picture and that it confirms the things you reported in your recent Christmas ...

MANILA, Philippines – A joint annual show of the Bonsai and Suiseki Alliance of the Philippines Inc. (BSAPI) and the Cactus and Succulent Society of the Philippines Inc. (CSSPI) will be held from ...

Gardeners are enjoying a seasonal series of shows and sales by local garden societies. This column has recently highlighted events by the local chapters of the California Native Plant Society, the ...

Recently, I bought a bonsai cactus plant for my office desk. Its mushy stem was plump and dark. Its thorns dotted its entire length, all perked up and pointed! At the top of its stem grew a bright ...