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 ...

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A new exhibition chronicles how a paintings conservator and chemist solved a color mystery in one of the painter’s most beloved works.

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I made this oak’s acquaintance courtesy of “Plants for the Winter Garden” (Timber Press, 2024), by Warren Leach. The author ...

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

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Gwen Stefani got candid about her relationship with Blake Shelton and her divorce from Gavin Rossdale in a new interview.

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

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