"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." [table-of-contents] stripped Long before Millennial gardeners made flowering succulents so hugely popular ...

Gardening guru Ciscoe Morris is showcasing Hens and Chicks this week, an easy to care for plant that will spruce up your garden with hardly any water and no need for fertilizer. Hens and Chicks are ...

Cobwebs on plants raise gardeners' hackles. Is it spider mites? Or just icky eight-legged creatures getting too comfy on our growing things? Yet cobwebs are also a delightfully creepy and normal part ...

Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought-resistant gardening. Twice a month, she and her staff share their knowledge with Times readers. THE STONECROP Family — or Crassulaceae — ...

Green thumb or not, today's guest is guaranteed to grow. It thrives in the sunniest, driest garden spot and with the tiniest amount of soil. They actually prefer life tucked between rocks or crammed ...

This old-fashioned plant, is often referred to as houseleek I love them for their attractive and intriguing shapes and ability to grow under just about any conditions. They do great anywhere there is ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- You probably know them as "Hens-and-chicks," "Live Forever" or "Houseleeks." But their name really is Sempervivums, from the Latin semper, meaning always, and vivus, meaning ...

DENNIS: There are rites of pre-spring I go through every year that tell me my second or third favorite season is just around the corner. This year, we spent part of a rainy February Saturday (is there ...

* What it is: Michigan breeder Chris Hansen, who specializes in producing new succulents (the current trendy plant rage), developed this branded line of more than a dozen new hens and chicks varieties ...