Gardening

Dahlia bulbs don’t like to be exposed to cold temperatures for too long. Here’s how to help your dahlias survive winter.

We’ve had a truly bizarre year of rose growing here in Ventura, and I realized recently that I haven’t done a rose garden update in …

The garden has given me one last good fall flush. I hadn’t expected it, if I’m honest. You see, I haven’t been the best rose …

Some Mondays are so Mondayish, and sometimes the urge to garden is so powerful, that I don’t even stop to change out of my work …

We’ve entered the tough part of winter in the garden, where the roses have been pruned and the hellebores (and my new camellia bush!) haven’t …

The growing season is long here in Ventura, but it doesn’t last forever. It’s November now, and the dahlias are well and truly done blooming. …

Most of my writing about gardening centers on my roses, but I have a soft spot for dahlias, too. I love the big dinnerplate ones …

A couple months ago, I had to transplant my favorite rose bush. I was reluctant to do it so late in the season, but the …

It’s June, and the roses are fading after their first flush here. Rose season starts early in Ventura, and the first flush is usually well …

My first year growing roses, I noticed something strange: as we reached the end of the season, a white rose of mine had turned pink.