Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of course, to get any plant to bloom, the growing conditions have to be just right. Want to get your aloe vera to flower? Follow ...

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Brian Kemble is curator at the Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek. His monthly column focuses on drought tolerant plants and dry gardens. When the genus Aloe is mentioned, many people think ...

Dear Readers: The aloe vera plant being grown in captivity at my house has flowered! As it turns out my plant’s flower is neither red nor yellow as anticipated, but is orange with tubular-shaped ...

We've rounded up summer plants that can tolerate the heat and look gorgeous while doing it, keeping container gardens and ...