The grass does, however, have roots in East Africa, which explains the name. Officially Pennisetum clandestinum, Kikuyu grass—which is actually an invasive species, categorized in some places as a ...

With the recurring droughts we have endured over the past several decades, lawns have all but vanished from Southern California. Perhaps I should say new lawns since some old lawns are still green and ...

The official logo for the Torrey Pines Golf Course is the namesake tree that dots the picturesque bluffs above the Pacific Ocean and grows hardly anywhere else on the planet. Its image, solitary and ...