Cotoneasters (Cotoneaster spp.) are hardy, fire-resistant shrubs characterized by their thick, moisture-retaining leaves and low, spreading growth habit, which reduces flame height. Ranging from ...

Fall might seem like the wrong time to think about spring flowers, but it's actually perfect. Many spring-blooming bulbs and ...

“It’s very soothing,” says Jarboe, 70. His Town and Country garden, which features a bridge, a Mayan temple, a bocce ball ...

In the 1980s, two elderly women were seen working constantly in a large field of irises, and when another resident learned of a coming development, she set out to save the plants. Amy Blackburn would ...

Most conversations about plants in ponds revolve around how to remove or prevent them from growing there. In these situations ...

Tucked away along California’s magnificent Highway 1, Bean Hollow State Beach exists as a coastal secret that somehow escaped the fame factory that turned so many other beaches into tourist postcards ...

Succulent plants are defined as plants that have evolved to store moisture in their leaves, stems or roots,” writes columnist ...

For an intoxicating perfume, these flowers that will make your nose happy.

Some flowers grow into shapes so strange, they make you look twice. Whether it's a flower shaped like a bird, an insect, or even a swaddled baby, these plants have developed forms that are not ...

Texas lilac, also known as chaste tree (Vitex), is a beautiful specimen with purple flowers that bloom in midsummer, imparting a delightful scent that wafts through gardens in zones 6-9.

Deep in the heart of Texas, a goofy-looking dinosaur skeleton has been unearthed — and it's got a funny head that makes it look like a dead ringer for Barney, the purple lizard of 90s television ...