The house that Michael Kovac built is the only one on his street still standing after a huge fire raced through his Los ...

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And yes, one of the main pathways for introduction is via transport of ornamental plants, often potted olive trees.” At Batsford Arboretum in Gloucestershire, director of operations Stuart ...

often referred to as ‘butter avocados’, are still common backyard trees and are preferred over higher-quality Mexican-Guatemalan hybrid avocado varieties introduced later from California,” he explains ...

Instead of a lawn, the garden is designed as a "defensive space," where a bed of volcanic rocks is dotted with agave, dwarf olive trees and mother-in-law's cushions -- a striking spherical cactus.

Instead of a lawn, the garden is designed as a "defensive space," where a bed of volcanic rocks is dotted with agave, dwarf olive trees and mother-in-law's cushions—a striking spherical cactus. All of ...

Every tree tells a story, but some are beyond eloquent, holding memories, embodying belief, marking sorrow. We hold trees in our imagination, where they grow in strange, wonderful ways in forests ...