What to plant near a pond
Q: We have a small backyard with a small pond in one corner. When we had the yard landscaped, we ended up with two Melaleucas near the pond. Bottom line, the roots from the Melaleucas have taken over...
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‘Naturalizing’ plants that grow like crazy in Southern Cal...
It does not make sense that a fancy tropical plant grows with weedy abandon despite droughtlike conditions, but the botanical world is full of surprises and spring-blooming amaryllis is one of them.A...
Dog-Proof Ground Cover
Many neighborhood dogs are destroying our front grass. Do you know any variety of grass or plant we could put down so they won’t find this area attractive? Would prefer not to, but next step is...
