With its unique leaf shape and bright purple flowers, henbit is fairly easy to identify, but its botanical doppelgangers ...

Though the classic purple variety is probably the most widely recognized coneflower, you can grow others in your garden in ...

there are things a home gardener can do to strengthen the show of color in their flower bed or landscape next spring. Brian ...

Some foliage plants surprise in spring rather than fall. Siberian bugloss (Brunnera), for instance, is beloved for its ...

I’ve been taking Miguel, my 12-year-old Havanese, for 3,500-step walks around the neighborhood lately (and telling myself ...

Frost hardy perennials are tough plants that can withstand the winter cold and return year after year with a fantastic ...

Native edibles, such as western beaked hazelnuts, California wild grapes and evergreen huckleberries make great garden ...

TV gardening ace Diarmuid Gavin has revealed an easy way to guarantee a splash of vivid colour in your garden next Spring, ...

Now that the weather is cooling, you might notice that some of the plants we encounter look nothing like their mid-summer ...

Its vibrant purple petals notwithstanding, the saffron flower (Crocus sativus) is valued primarily for what hides beneath ...

Q: I have nine pots of what I’m pretty sure is purple heart (wandering dude) on my apartment balcony. They came from a bed in my sister’s front yard. What’s the best approach for their cold weather ...

Tall flower spikes protrude from the center of the foliage in bursts of lavender or dark purple. Hummingbirds are drawn to ...