With its tall spikes of purple, pink, or white bell-shaped flowers, common foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) has been a popular ...

The Eastern United States (U.S. Department of Agriculture Plant Hardiness Zones 3 through 7) only has one native hummingbird, the ruby-throated. They need a lot of food to power those busy wings — ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract • Background and Aims Although urban gardens provide opportunities for pollinators in an otherwise inhospitable environment, most garden ...

It's that time of year again: the time when most Houstonians visit their local grocery store or nursery and carry home lilies, petunias, hydrangeas, roses, Johnny jump-ups, and other flowers that aren ...

If you are looking for a tall flowering plant to frame the back of your flower garden, prairie dock may just be the thing. Prairie dock is a hardy perennial plant native to Michigan and other nearby ...

Not all native plants are unruly and wild-looking. Some are neat and tidy and fit well into a conventional perennial garden. False indigo, Baptisia sp., is one example of how a wild plant can be used ...

The tiny, fuzzy white-and-purple flowers tilted toward the sun, flecked with raindrops in the gray morning light. Sara Thompson, spokesperson for the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, gasped and ...