Each year Acanthus mollis returns to gardens in Redlands. In fact, their familiar leaves are already popping up in some yards. Acanthus mollis, commonly called bear’s breeches, is one of the great ...

When I look at the Acanthus plants in my garden, I think of the TV detective, Adrian Monk, and how he described his amazing analytical skill: “It’s a gift…and a curse.” That phrase also neatly ...

Acanthus mollis, commonly called bear’s breeches, is popping up in yards in Redlands. Acanthus mollis is one of the great garden plants. Originally found growing among the ancient Romans ruins, it ...

One of my favourite spiky garden plants is acanthus. There are two species, Acanthus spinosus and A. mollis, both of which have dramatic spires of flowers. A. spinosus grows naturally in Greece, and ...

As a second generation native of dry Los Angeles, the plants that stand out in my memory are those that have survived our periodic droughts. Many of these were remnants of earlier eras — first the ...