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Discover ten weeds with purple flowers that can support pollinators and add color to your yard. Despite their bad reputation, weeds are simply plants growing where they aren’t wanted. Often ...

Almost everyone wants color in the landscape, and flowerbeds play an important role in that. But it takes a lot of work to ...

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If your annual flowers aren’t exploding with celebratory fireworks of color right now, it may be lack of fertilizer.

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Lavender brings a wonderful, evocative aroma to your home and garden. To get better blooms from the plant, a gardening ...

Get our newsletter! One reader wonders why more flowers and fruits aren't blue-hued. Illustration by Marilyn Foehrenbach Q: Why are more fruits and flowers red, orange or yellow than blue?

If you plant lavender in your garden, it can grow up to 60 cm tall with grey-green leaves and purple-blue flowers that bloom from late spring to early summer.