If you don't have enough light, grow lights can be a great alternative. Keep these no more than 2 feet away from the foliage, ...

For our third and final installment of the native plant/exotic plant discussion, it seems we need to get to the crux of the matter. You need to pick a plant to add to your garden, so do you plant a ...

Growing plants in containers is a delighgtful way to bring greenery indoors, add height to landscape beds, and deliver color ...

The tropical hibiscus bloom period lasts for several months, which ensures your yard will be beautiful all summer long. (Ellis Lucia) Tropical plants play an important role in New Orleans summer ...

In the maritime Northwest, we are fortunate that our plant palette is so broad -- eucalyptus, palms and tree ferns fit comfortably with salal, vine maple and manzanita. So when we take a risk on a ...

In 1893, tobacco millionaire James Buchanan Duke began work on an estate in central New Jersey. Duke wanted things just so. Hundreds of workers built hills where there used to be flat land. He made ...

Where rains in some locations leached nutrients from the soil, farms, lawns and gardens may need fertilizer now, but if there ...

The South Texas Botanical Gardens and Nature Center is where Coastal Bend residents expect to see many animals and plants, but many people don’t know how they got there. Michael Womack is the ...