Plants

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  Food and love brought them together. Now they’re all about selling plants in L.A.

  Los Angeles Times - Anna Braz

  “We’re both fighters who like to hustle,” says Jeff Lavia-Garcia as he smiled at his husband, Robert, on a recent summer morning inside their plant shop, Flower Tortillas, in downtown San Pedro. The Lavia-Garcias’ boutique plant shop offers an assortment of succulents and other plants such as fiddle …

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  California is moving to outlaw watering some grass that’s purely decorative

  Los Angeles Times - Ian James

  Outdoor watering accounts for roughly half of total water use in Southern California’s cities and suburbs, and a large portion of that water is sprayed from sprinklers to keep grass green. Under a bill passed by state legislators this week, California will soon outlaw using drinking water for some …

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  Will Tropical Storm Hilary’s record-smashing rain lead to a wildflower bloom?

  Los Angeles Times - Jeanette Marantos

  Tropical Storm Hilary’s historic rains are great news for wildflower lovers — if you’re into shy desert blooms like the arcing spikes of fringed amaranth (Amaranthus fimbriatus), pops of purple from trailing windmills (Allionia incarnata) or golden, odiferous clumps of cinchweed (Pectis …

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  After her miscarriage, caring for succulents was a gift during a ‘dark season’

  Los Angeles Times - Anna Braz

  Twelve years ago, Marissa Engoy, owner of the plant business Good Morning, Cactus, suffered a miscarriage. For days, she struggled to get out of bed. That’s when a friend brought her some succulents as a gift. She’d never seen a succulent before that day but was drawn to their adorable, chubby, …

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  Worried about climate change? You can make a difference — here’s how

  Los Angeles Times - Abigail Siatkowski

  For many of us, the specter of climate change can feel overwhelming. The issues are multifaceted, making it difficult to know what changes need to be made and how we can help. This resource guide includes opportunities for education, volunteering, activism and more. There are options for plant …

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  A rare corpse flower is set to stink up the Huntington with the smell of dead rats 🤢🐀

  Los Angeles Times - Cari Spencer

  It’s about to reek at the Huntington. Think: gym socks, rotten eggs, dead rats trapped in the air vents, stinky. Another rare corpse flower is set to bloom any day now at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, unleashing its notoriously pungent odor into the conservatory. For many …