This low-maintenance, flowering ground cover is easy to plant under trees and shrubs. The plant's delicate blooms also draw ...

Native plants are often known for grand springtime displays followed by dismal summer and fall foliage. But that isn’t true ...

When choosing plants for a garden, you may base your decision on a variety of factors. We sometimes decide to choose plants based on a color palette we like. This is easy to do if you want a garden of ...

Up north the tulips are pushing through the soil now and displaying their velvety bright colors. Lines of reds and yellows, purples and pinks are a sign of spring. Bunches of blue and lavender hues ...

The most common reason for a lack of flowers on hydrangeas is that they were pruned at the wrong time of the year.

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Blue spur flowers are beloved for their gorgeous blooms that pop up at different times throughout the year. Whether you're using these ...

One of our best-loved indigenous trees, Dais cotinifolia is an unforgettable sight from November to December when it’s covered in a cloud of soft-pink fluff balls. The new flower buds look like ...

Q: I love Jacaranda trees. I know every one within a few square miles of my house, but there aren’t very many. They are all older, matured trees, and I was wondering how people came to plant them.

Q. Recently you wrote about flowering pears. My daughter is interested in knowing more about flowering trees. -- J.S.B., Houston A. In addition to the ornamental pears (evergreen and Bradford), there ...