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

Eventually, the female orchid mantises developed their gorgeous yellow, white, and pink coloring to better camouflage as flowers and attract prey, while the males remained small and inconspicuous so ...

Orris comes from the iris plant, particularly the root. "Iris is the plant—specifically iris pallida, iris germanica, or iris ...

“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 ...

The best part of this ground cover? The stunning flowers. This grass alternative produces purple blooms in spring, attracting wildlife while providing beauty.

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

Tall plants, like agapantus, bellflower, blazing star, and canna, are great for making a big impact in a small garden with ...

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 ...