Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This sprawling native wildflower forms a dense groundcover with bright magenta flowers. Bright magenta flowers on poppy mallow ...

With harvest season winding down, it's time for dessert. How about some candy, real candy, from the garden? Marshmallows, anyone? Of course you can't just pluck a squishy marshmallow from a ...

California native flora isn’t considered the cuddliest group of plants, right? These are tough and scratchy types, like Grandma’s old blankets. Some belong to Spartan-sounding “scrub” communities. If ...

A close relative of hollyhock, mallow is an easy-to-grow, short-lived perennial that's a cinch to start from seed. Tall stems of small blossoms are held high above softly lobed, kidney-shaped foliage ...

Of course you can’t just pluck a squishy marshmallow from a marshmallow bush or tree. But marshmallows — real marshmallows — were originally made from the candied roots of a plant. And that plant is ...