I recently received an email from Paula Paggi, who gardens in Northridge. She extols several plants currently blooming in her garden whose flowers are in the fiery color spectrum that stretches ...

The plant she is most enthusiastic about is a yellow bird of paradise bush (Caesalpinia gillesii). Despite its highly exotic-looking blooms, it is among the easiest plants to grow.

I recently received an email from Paula Paggi, who gardens in Northridge. She extols several plants currently blooming in her garden whose flowers are in the fiery color spectrum that stretches from ...