Why you should consider planting dragon fruit in your Southern California garden

Five things to do in the garden this week:
Fruit. It’s about time you considered growing dragon fruit, also known as pitaya. Although dragon fruit is native to the Central American and South American tropics, I have seen it growing throughout the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys, and I can say without hesitation that it would grow anywhere south of Los Angeles, too. Dragon fruit are divided into Hylocereus and Seleniceruus species. The former have overlapping flaps of smooth skin that