One of the most unusual plants in my garden is the Phacelia pinnatifida, commonly known as Purple Phacelia, Fernleaf Phacelia ...

Colorado's mountain wildflowers are famous for their beauty, and to my eye one of most handsome is silky phacelia, Phacelia sericea. It is a long-lived perennial that sprouts each year from a woody ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A unique honey has been produced from a plant that popped up in large numbers after the 2017 Thomas Fire. It was primarily seen in the Santa Paula hills of Ventura County.

Whether you like blue flowers, or bee-friendly flowers, annual wildflowers in the genus phacelia have a lot to offer. These spring to early summer bloomers come in a number of different species with ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Federal authorities have designated 50,635 acres in western Colorado as critical habitat for three rare wildflowers threatened by energy development and ...

An abundance of rain in California has set the stage for an epic “sea of flowers” this spring. Here’s how to see this increasingly rare phenomenon—responsibly. A long-exposure photograph shows a field ...

With each thing we plant in our garden — familiar and unfamiliar — a dynamic story begins. Right now, a mostly native perennial garden I planted last year is coming into its own. Its purpose was ...

Have you been out to see the wildflower superbloom coloring California’s fields and hills? Look closely and you’ll find a variety of blossoms bursting in purple, yellow, orange and blue hues. In 2023, ...

The torrential rain we’ve had this winter not only helped ease the drought, it also brought us verdant hills full of flowers in what some are calling a super bloom. As California Native Plant Week ...