1. Worm castings are recommended for control of insect pests on plants. The reason for this is that worm castings contain an enzyme known as chitinase that breaks down chitin, the major constituent in ...

The city of Tehachapi has announced the Tehachapi Poppy Project, an effort to provide thousands of free California poppy seed packets to residents of Tehachapi and the Greater Tehachapi area.

The final chapter of February, with its sorta-cool-sorta-warm breezes and brighter evenings, can put petal-seeking people in a wildflower frame of mind. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, ...

As a botanist, I feel joy and gratitude for the recent winter rains, on behalf of Southern California’s ecosystems; it is a time of renewal and recovery. However, the rains also bring a sense of dread ...

The best part of a California spring is when flowers bloom, sweeping up through the south into the central coast plains. Depending on how the rains and winds were during the preceding winter, the ...

California poppies are common along Marin’s rocky slopes, bluffs and roadsides. The California poppy, Eschscholzia californica, is a tough, fast-growing, drought-tolerant, self-seeding California ...

The incandescent orange flowers of the California poppy light up meadows across the Golden State. The fact that this one species is found from hot, dry San Diego all the way to the cool, rainy Klamath ...