Fruit. Although kiwi vines generally need a colder winter than Southern California’s in order to flower and fruit, the Fuzzy ...

Above: A native carpenter bee visits African blue basil. Native plant advocates might frown at ... basil is a foundational ...

In most cases, culinary basil is considered an annual plant. What does that mean ... To complicate things further (or to add some spice to your gardening endeavors), there are various basil ...

Herbs. If I had to single out a single plant to recommend for every Southern California garden, African blue basil (Ocimum kilimandscharicum x basilicum) would be it. It is a hybrid between ...