Joshua Siskin

Los Angeles

Columnist at Los Angeles Daily News

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Articles

Why you’ll need proper drainage to grow this flowering succulent

1 week ago | sbsun.com | Joshua Siskin

Why an ability to chill may explain the proliferation of blossoms right now
Why you’ll need proper drainage to grow this flowering succulent

1 week ago | ocregister.com | Joshua Siskin

Five things to do in the garden this week:Perennials. Ox tongue (Gasteria glomerata) is a succulent gem. Foliage consists of paired leaves, each of which is thick and covered with tiny bumps, resembling the tongue of an ox. The genus name Gasteria refers to the flowers, which are gasteriform or stomach-shaped, a characteristic common to all species of this genus. The flowers appear as little orange balloons, as many as 20 of them to a stem.
Why an ability to chill may explain the proliferation of blossoms right now

1 week ago | sbsun.com | Joshua Siskin

Why an ability to chill may explain the proliferation of blossoms right now
Why an ability to chill may explain the proliferation of blossoms right now

1 week ago | ocregister.com | Joshua Siskin

I have noticed an explosion of flowers this spring like nothing I have seen in many years, and I believe that one of the greatest botanical mysteries can explain the current abundance of blooms. This mystery concerns the connection between winter cold and spring flowering.
This colorful, hummingbird-friendly perennial never stops blooming

2 weeks ago | sbsun.com | Joshua Siskin

Why you should consider planting dragon fruit in your Southern California garden
This colorful, hummingbird-friendly perennial never stops blooming

2 weeks ago | ocregister.com | Joshua Siskin

Five things to do in the garden this week:Perennials: Hummingbird fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica) never stops blooming. As long as you live in a frost-free zone, you can grow it and although it may defoliate in freezing weather, there is a good chance it will recover. Even after dying back in a freeze – as long as it survives – it may grow up to five feet in a single season. Ultimately, it may reach a height of 10 feet and a girth of six feet.
Why you should consider planting dragon fruit in your Southern California garden

2 weeks ago | sbsun.com | Joshua Siskin

Why you should consider planting dragon fruit in your Southern California garden
Why you should consider planting dragon fruit in your Southern California garden

2 weeks ago | ocregister.com | Joshua Siskin

Five things to do in the garden this week:Fruit. It’s about time you considered growing dragon fruit, also known as pitaya. Although dragon fruit is native to the Central American and South American tropics, I have seen it growing throughout the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys, and I can say without hesitation that it would grow anywhere south of Los Angeles, too. Dragon fruit are divided into Hylocereus and Seleniceruus species.
In these spring flowers, there is a riot of glorious gold and yellow blooms

3 weeks ago | ocregister.com | Joshua Siskin

At this time of year, it seems that yellow flowers are especially prominent in the garden. It’s as if the sun, which is suddenly more visible in the sky, has an ally in the color of so many spring blooms. I was reminded of yellow’s vaunted horticultural status in the current moment upon recently encountering a plant I had never seen before. Known as yellow forest lily (Veltheimia bracteata var.
There are plenty of good reasons to consider raising chickens

3 weeks ago | pressenterprise.com | Joshua Siskin

Why this member of the squash family is so easy to grow in your garden