It rose out of a gap in the curb next to a storm drain on Sunrise at the Palm Springs Library corner. Every day I drove by the stalk got taller and taller until it was nearly three feet. That's when ...

Q: I have many Penstemon parryi seedlings that have been growing through the summer. Within the last two weeks they have begun to develop “burned” scale patches on the leaves that are accompanied by ...

The enchanting funnel-shaped flowers of deep rosy pink are reason enough to plant this penstemon, but they are also a valuable source of nectar for nesting hummingbirds. A coarse, well-drained soil ...

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