Crisp mornings heavy with dew and sunrises that washed across the sky marked the last days of October. As we enter November, most of the deciduous trees are just beginning to turn, and it is no longer ...

As we head into winter, a season where an assortment of shrubs becomes more of a focal point in our gardens and a time when we are establishing ground covers, there is a tough and beautiful plant that ...

Description: Plumbago auriculata and c. plumbaginoides are two genera of evergreen shrubs native to South Africa and Southeast Asia, which have climates similar to the Bay Area's. You may not know it, ...

What: Ceratostigma willmottianum, commonly called Chinese plumbago, is a bushy perennial that sports electric-blue flowers that sparkle among its late summer foliage. Flowering will start in late July ...

Carol Klein says Ceratostigma is can not be categorised. Is it a shrub or a herbaceous plant – or a sub-shrub perhaps? There are a few plants that thwart the attempts of gardeners and botanists to ...

The striking blue flowers of ceratostigma make a wonderful contrast with the predominantly yellow and orange hues of autumn foliage. While the name is unlikely to be familiar, the plant is reasonably ...

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