Santa Monica activist Jerry Rubin took to the streets again this week, marching not against the war in Iraq, global warming or pollution, but against what he considers a more immediate threat -- city ...

Fiddle-leaf figs are notoriously finicky houseplants and need a consistent environment to thrive. Keep them in a humid space ...

If you aren't in the habit of pruning your rubber plant, you're only holding your plant back from becoming a full, bushy ...

Tens of thousands of mature street trees in Southern California are susceptible to a new, deadly fungal strain that kills at alarming speeds and threatens to destroy the urban forest in older cities ...

Even though it’s easier than ever to buy plants online, keeping them alive is still a challenge. So we’re digging up everything you need to care for every type of houseplant. Welcome to Plant Week.

For Mackenzie Roth, a 25-year-old film marketer based in Sherman Oaks, it began with a trip six months ago to the Home Depot in Glendale. An avid home gardener, Roth has filled her apartment with a ...

Here are questions I recently dealt with at the Springs Preserve. Question: What are the small, whitish and waxy pinhead-size bumps on our ficus tree leaves? Answer: They are waxy, glandular spots, ...

The mention of ‘Ficus' will bring to everybody's mind, the Banyan Tree in all its magnificence displayed through its spread, crown, foliage and ever burgeoning prop roots. Also many more know the ...