If you live in a dry climate, growing flowering plants can be challenging. Rain doesn't come often, and the rate of evaporation can often be higher in these regions compared to others. As a result, ...

Native plants — plants that are indigenous to a particular region — do wonders for local wildlife, supporting insects, birds and other creatures with food and shelter. As gardening season ramps up ...

Framed by a fence clad in maypop vines, Anne Barnes’ Edwardian home in the Freret neighborhood gets a lot of attention from passersby. They usually don’t comment, though, on its herb garden or flower ...

Deep roots make the soil more stable and help it stay fertile. They also soak up water, reducing runoff and keeping nutrients ...

A patch of common foxglove bloom in a garden. - Photos From Japan, Asia And Othe Of The World/Getty Images With its tall spikes of purple, pink, or white bell-shaped flowers, common foxglove ...

You can also choose plants that have different bloom times throughout the season. That way there is always color in the garden. My local team planted wild columbine and coreopsis for early-season ...

Attention, anyone who thinks native blooms are brilliant in the wild — or our yards — but don’t work in bouquets. Boy, are we wrong. This isn’t an invitation to trample wildflower fields to pick ...

Just when you think you've missed the last chance for snow in your neck of the woods, you start seeing tree limbs covered in white. Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is an even better cause for ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — This week the Greensboro City Council adopted a policy to promote the use of native plants and eliminate invasive ones from city-owned facilities. From now on whenever the City ...