Growing coneflowers (Echinacea spp.) is the easiest way to make your summer gardens pop. Give them six hours of sunlight ...

The sky is full of stars, and so is the garden. Named for their likeness to stars, with radiating petals surrounding a round center, the beautiful Asteraceae family are some ...

What is it? The plant is called Saints' Daisy. "So it's in the sunflower family," said Sean Carson with the Santa Barbara ...

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

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 ...

First, I want to explain the difference between aggressive and invasive plants. Florida native plants can become aggressive, ...

I can see him in memory, my fluffy Maine coon cat with a plume of a tail, trotting beside me on the first day of gardening ...

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

Nita Winter and Rob Badger may have plenty to be grateful for this Thanksgiving, but there’s one thing in particular that ...

Gwen Stefani’s voice burns white-hot at the center of any project she’s involved in, whether belting out the lighter-worthy chorus of No Doubt’s neo-power ballad “Don’t ...

Longwood Gardens debuts its massive new conservatory project next week in concert with its "A Longwood Christmas" holiday ...