For years, I took the New World's thirst for vineyard irrigation for granted. I believed what I was told: Napa Valley was a desert and needed its 100 to 200 gallons of water per vine per season. I ...

My all-time favorite vine is the cup of gold vine, Solandra Maxima, a woody vine with enormous, cup-shaped, gold flowers. Unfortunately, my garden is too dry and too cold in winter to grow cup of gold ...

Once a vineyard is established with an irrigation system, it's hard, but not impossible, to wean the plants off water. John Williams, the visionary Frog’s Leap winery owner from Rutherford in the Napa ...

San Miguel coral vine is a quick-growing, profusely-flowering evergreen vine that is perfect for climbing a trellis, covering a wall or shading a patio. This vine will make a good addition to a garden ...

Parthenocissus tricuspidata, known as Boston ivy, growing at the Hickey Gym on the UC Davis campus. (Emily C. Dooley, UC Davis) Perhaps trees aren’t the only green solution when it comes to cooling ...