Africa is the second-largest continent on Earth, encompassing an extensive range of ecosystems. As such, Africa provides several variable habitats for different plants, from succulents to flowering ...

The showy, fragrant flowers of the peony typically burst their blooms for a few short weeks from late May to early June before the stems droop from the weight of the mammoth flowers. But how did the ...

Attention, anyone who thinks native blooms are brilliant in the wild — or our yards — but don’t work in bouquets. Boy, are we wrong. This isn’t an invitation to trample wildflower fields to pick ...

Bringing hummingbirds to your garden is as simple as planting flowers they like to visit. This one hummingbird-attracting ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City, Missouri, artist is using her talents to draw attention to the economic and ecological blight in the Marlborough neighborhood. Julie Farstad, a painting professor at ...

The Native Plant Society describes the butterfly milkweed — known scientifically as Asclepias tuberosa — as native to several counties across Indiana, blooming in the summer and easy to grow from seed ...

Hawaii’s rich collection of unique, native plant species has added a new member to its ranks: a new species has been described for the first time. Cyanea heluensis is related to other native plants ...