Unfurling a brilliance of unusual flower spikes, lavender graces our gardens in shades ranging from blue to white to pink to deep purple to red to pale lavender. If your lavender plants show signs of ...

Whenever I’m planning a new garden, no matter what mood I’m trying to create, I always include some purple plants. I look for a variety of purple flowering plants including purple flowering bushes, ...

You already know that sending a bouquet of fresh flowers is a thoughtful gesture — they're fragrant, colorful and beautiful, so of course they make a great gift. But did you know that the color of the ...

The flowers of any species are typically controlled by genes and are usually of a certain color: bog cranberry typically has pink flowers, starflowers are white, forget-me-nots are blue, and so on.

Severe freezes this winter have left our landscapes less attractive than usual as we begin to move into spring. Tropical plants that might otherwise be contributing foliage are brown or have been cut ...

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You would not believe how many really gorgeous new plants came out this year. While we were all hunkering down these last few years, the folks who propagate new plants must have been overdosing on ...