Or, as the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden invites, smell the plumerias at its 12th annual Plumeria Festival, ...

The corpse flower smells like an “industrial dumpster in the summertime,” according to Brandon Tam, Associate Curator of ...

One of the most unusual — and pungent — botanical wonders is coming to Southern California, and, this year, visitors will get ...

Before Silicon Valley, immigrant farmers tended flowers across San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. New research uncovers ...

Every spring, wildflower lovers and nature photographers eagerly wait to see if one of California's most dazzling natural spectacles happens: the super bloom. And in March this year, the super bloom ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Heidi Berton / For The Times) Clearly, there's no shortage of flowers in Southern California. As I write this near the end of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A berm of mixed wildflowers grow along Country Club Drive with the Santa Rosa mountains in the background in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Wildflowers usually start blooming in March in Southern California, but a dry winter means we’re unlikely to see large swaths of poppies and other native annuals in 2025. One reason: Our total ...

Two corpse flowers will bloom soon, with one making its public debut. The plants will open for just 24 to 48 hours.