The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Green flowers are enough of an anomaly that they could be rejected out of hand as ”too weird to go in MY garden!” If that’s your reaction, you might want to give green bloomers — or at least one of ...

Think of early January as early spring. Signs of hope await gardeners willing to look closely. Snowdrop bulbs and crocus are either just pushing out of the soil or waiting patiently under the surface.

If you’re looking for signs that winter is almost over, start watching for the earliest buds on the hellebores. These underused perennials are among the first plants to bloom in late winter or early ...

Ugh. It's winter in the Ohio Valley. I know winter is important, ecologically and I know most of our trees and shrubs and herbaceous perennials need a cold spell to break winter’s dormancy grip. I ...

When it comes to picking perennials, it’s a good idea to check in with the Perennial Plant Association. Among other things, the association promotes one perennial per year by declaring it the ...

From frothy seedheads to swaying stems to spikey clumps of foliage, ornamental grasses offer loads of winter interest. Call ...

Hail to the hellebore! The second week of January may not give you a garden filled with flowers, but there is one perennial plant that is often blooming this week no matter what the weather. The ...

The third week of February is when everyone goes hellebore crazy. These winter-blooming perennials are popping up all over. If you don’t have a hellebore blooming on your porch or flowering in the ...

We all need a little help getting through winter. My wife, for instance, is an obligate palm tree person. About 20 years ago, after a few years of trying to convince me that we should head south for a ...