There is perhaps no more instantly recognizable succulent than the aptly named chalk liveforever, otherwise known to horticulturists as Dudleya pulverulenta. This California native succulent forms ...

What Chia Pets were to the 1980s, succulents are to the 2010s. Instagram, arguably the most influential venue for popularizing of aesthetic trends, is absolutely lousy with pictures of them: succulent ...

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Authorities recently arrested two Korean nationals and one Chinese national suspected of poaching and smuggling in Northern California. But it's not drugs, guns or animals they're accused of illegally ...

LOS ANGELES (CBS13) — A South Korean national was sentenced today to 24 months in prison for attempting to illegally export to Asia Dudleya succulent plants. Collectively, they were worth at least ...

n his belly in the bushes in a camouflage ghillie suit, California game warden Patrick Freeling came across a bulging backpack resting on a blufftop and knew he was onto something big. In the ...

A man was sentenced to two years in federal prison last week for attempting to export at least $150,000 worth of wild succulents that he poached from native habitats in Northern California state parks ...

Walnut Creek’s Ruth Bancroft is a national authority on drought-resistant gardening. Twice a month, she and her staff share their knowledge with readers. Of all the groups of succulent plants native ...

On Sept. 28, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 223 to protect the succulent Dudleya from poaching. This is the first California bill specifically drafted to protect plants from poaching. AB 223 ...

Byungsu Kim pleaded guilty to attempting to ferry more than 3,700 wild dudleya plants from California parks to South Korea When Byungsu Kim appeared for his sentencing hearing on Zoom from the Santa ...

Last December, Patrick Freeling, a game warden with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), was in his office in Mendocino County when his phone rang. No one back then, not the ...