Q: We recently had an open house party here at our new home. We had a couple of neighbors, along with our family. Auntie G. says she really liked the desert willow tree that is planted in the backyard ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Few spectacles excite backyard birders as much as vibrantly-colored hummingbirds zipping around in a display of aerial acrobatics. So, it is ...

There is something faintly familiar about the gaudy ruffled blooms that hang from the small tree in Bill McLaughlin's care. "It's a close relative of the catalpa," he says, and the family resemblance ...