From cosmos to salvias, many long-lasting flowers bloom for weeks each year and come back on their own with minimal effort.

Rosemary is a herbaceous shrub many people grow for cooking. But it actually has many more uses in the garden, especially when grown with the right companions.

Pots and containers offer a superb alternative to planting in the ground. This is especially true in areas of your garden that have little or no soil, like wooden decks, concrete patios, and small, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blue salvia flowers - Pakin Songmor/Getty Images Salvia, the genus of the sage family, includes a variety of stunning perennial ...

California’s native plants have had millions of years adapting to life in what we now know as Sonoma county. All the plants in our region have evolved during many long hot summers. They have developed ...

The Unplugged group of salvias is doubling in size this year with the addition of Unplugged Red and the new passion of my heart, Unplugged White. I wrote about the group a few months ago but Unplugged ...