These lavender blooms are a seasonal favorite, but some species can overtake trees and ecosystems. Here’s how invasive ...

Nonetheless, we enjoy our gardens and can introduce a moment of perfection and “paradiso” by including tropical plants.

Outdoor tropical plants have a way of bringing a little slice of paradise right to our front doors. From the dramatic birds of paradise to the abundant and buoyant trumpet flower, tropical plants make ...

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Bromeliads are a wonderful group of tropical plants that are understandably popular: They are easy to grow, colorful and stay in bloom for a long time. Because they are not cold hardy, we grow them in ...

Whenever I visit Worldwide Exotics Nursery, I see something I’ve never seen before. It’s a nursery with lots of unusual selections and many of them appeal to the “I gotta have one” mentality of the ...

While it's great to find a use for kudzu, which is native to Japan, exotic plants can wreak havoc in environments where they're not naturally found. Many of these plants are sold by mail order.

The coffee part of the business is already up and running. The plant shop will have rare plants, plant workshops and teeny tiny lizards.

This holiday was first celebrated in 1970. It is a great day to think about the beautiful environment surrounding us in ...

An international team of scientists from Queen Mary University of London, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Biology Centre ...