Toyon, or “Christmas-berry,” one of the more distinctive shrubs of Southern California’s native chaparral plant community, is now flaunting clusters of red berries. Here in coastal San Diego, toyon ...

Toyon is a common tree in the hills around the San Gabriel and San Fernando valleys and in the Angeles National Forest to the north. It’s found throughout the California chaparral regions. The leaves ...

Volunteers are needed to plant 250 trees from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 27 at Toyon Park, 945 S. Weir Canyon Rd. The event is part of the Great Clean Air Tree Planting Project, which aims to ...

This is a great year for toyon berries. Toyon, Heteromeles arbutifolia, is our California native holly. So convincing is its impersonation - at least by the standards of early European immigrants here ...

It is a wonderful thing when plants are able to decorate themselves for the holidays, with bright red berries against deep green foliage. This is one of the appealing features of the Toyon, a ...

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday named the native, drought-tolerant Toyon as the city’s official plant. The Toyon – or Heteromeles arbutifolia – is a perennial evergreen shrub also known as ...

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to name the native, drought-tolerant toyon plant as the city’s official plant. The toyon – its formal name is Heteromeles arbutifoila – is a ...

Bloom season: White flowers in summer, red berries in winter. Exposure: Full sun to full shade. Pruning needs: Tolerates only light pruning or shaping. Water needs: Drought tolerant and fire resistant ...