She extols several plants currently blooming in her garden whose flowers are in the fiery color spectrum that stretches from ...

The Black-eyed Susan vine (Thunbergia alata) is a beautiful, fast-growing climber that brings a cheerful burst of color to ...

Drought-tolerant plants are the lazy gardener's dream - here are five flowers that don't need watering very often in order to ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved three new color additives for use in food products, expanding the range of ...

Warm/cool/warm/cool … June weather can be all over the place, from overcast gray “June gloom” drizzles to bright, hot sunny ...

• Bat guano (bat droppings) has long been valued as a powerful natural fertiliser. Rich in nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, it boosts leaf growth and strengthens plants. Favoured by Victorian ...

Nasturtiums: Those bold orange, yellow or red petals have a watercress-like peppery kick, and both the leaves and flowers can be eaten. If you grow herbs like rosemary, thyme, or chives, their flowers ...

The relation between this native Hawaiian plant and the commercial cotton plant (Gossypium hirsutum) is close enough, however ...

Foxglove beardtongue is an easy-to-grow native plant that tolerates deer, rabbits, drought, clay soil and dry soil, making it ...

Asters are a triple threat—they're fast-growing, long-lasting, and self-seeding. They produce an abundance of bright, joyful ...

True blue flowers are rare to find, so sea holly is a nice way to capture this hue, but you can also find sea holly in softer ...

SLOWLY gives way to the approaching summer season (today is the beginning of late-late spring), most plants in your yard are growing rapidly. Accompanying this rapid plant growth is an accelerated ...