Birds, butterflies and bees rely on native plants as they migrate and live in the same ecosystem as people. “Our pollinators, ...

And then there's the polar opposite – the more is more approach of maximalism. In a nutshell, the latter embraces different ...

The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...

Summer is not far off, with plenty of warm weather ahead. Plan now so you know what flowers to grow, ones you can cut and ...

the perfect day to bask in the sunlight and plant flowers that will help pollinators like the endangered eastern monarch ...

Spring is approaching in the northern hemisphere, and with it come the perennial considerations about which kinds of flowers ...

The orange bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae) is one of the most recognized tropical plants in our island plant palette.

Their reproductive structures are composed of waxy, elongated leaves called bracts. Many Heliconia flowers resemble the striking plumage of birds-of-paradise. Others evoke lobster claws or toucan ...

Whether they’re whipping their heads dramatically, contorting into seemingly impossible shapes, or trapping light in their plumage like a black hole, birds-of-paradise always seem to have a new trick ...