Begonias are tropical and subtropical forest plants with gorgeous foliage that is commonly asymmetrical and richly colored in ...

Brian Kemble is curator at the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek. His monthly column focuses on drought-tolerant plants and dry gardens. Plants with white or silvery foliage have a special appeal ...

With evergreen foliage and a long bloom time, this compact agapanthus adds year-round beauty to gardens and containers.

But that's not the texture about which I write, for I spend very little time touching and rubbing up against the plants in my garden or eating them, for that matter, although a rice paper plant has a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." There's no doubt a sun-drenched cottage garden, brimming with romantic roses and intoxicating lavender, ...

This unique evergreen iris boasts narrow, grass-like foliage striped in creamy white and green. At first glance, you might think Milky Way™ Dietes is an ornamental grass. This graceful member of the ...