Aeonium 'Zwartkop' is a branching shrub that produces magnificent, almost black-purple, succulent, leaf rosettes at the ends of its branches. Aeoniums are natives of Madeira, the Canary Islands and ...

We focused recently on whether to prune trees and shrubs in January or wait until late winter/early spring. This decision is based on the plant’s bloom time. Let’s consider one of the winter growers: ...

Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought-resistant gardening. Twice a month, she and her staff share their knowledge with readers. Q I have a group of beautiful Aeonium plants, ...

Our previous column introduced a project to exchange two groups of plants to provide better growing conditions: moving aeoniums from the ground to containers in semi-shade and moving mangaves from ...

Aeonium is a fascinating and beautiful genus of plants that most gardeners in the Southeast have never heard of. Thirty species are native to numerous islands northwest of the African continent, ...

Find out how to grow Aeonium arboreumThis pretty, jade green succulent has an upright habit and lightly curved, mainly smooth leaves with small leaf scars. Yellow, star-shaped flowers appear on larger ...

The most important thing you can do to ensure your aeonium survives is to keep it pretty dry at the roots during the winter. These succulents, as well as not being frost hardy, don’t tolerate wet feet ...

All gardens occasionally benefit from a substantial work-over. In today’s column, I describe such a project in my garden. In brief, the project basically involves exchanging two groups of plants.