Just the other day, at the base of the trunk of my neighbor’s eucalyptus tree, I spotted a laurel sumac (Malosma laurina) seedling that had only recently sprouted. I have frequently seen volunteer ...

Lupines, whose spiky, purple (sometimes yellow) flower clusters adorn grassy areas and disturbed patches of soil, are beginning to pop up all over San Diego County. If desert rainfall cooperates, ...

The unusually cold weather of a few weeks ago may be gone, but its effects are still with us. I’m referring to the dead leaves on garden plants. Around my neighborhood, the tender leaves of the ...