Growth is very vigorous this month, and a few April showers would help things in gardens as well as fill the dams. With the longer days and the warmer temperatures, plants romp away and you know that ...

Calypso orchid, fairy slipper (Calypso bulbosa) — A single, dainty, purple-magenta-yellow-white blossom atop a slender stem ...

Growing cilantro is easy, but this cool-weather herb quickly flowers and goes to seed as temperatures rise. This can be ...

Spring brings the return of color to the garden. Bulbs bloom, perennials re-emerge, and new annuals settle in. But there’s a ...

Just because your garden’s shady doesn’t mean it can’t be colorful. These shade-loving annuals bring bold blooms and serious ...

Meghan Markle has served up a rare glimpse inside her Pinterest-worthy kitchen at the $14.65 million mansion she shares with ...

Young plants that resist disease grow fewer flowers later, limiting their reproduction. Adult plants resist disease without this cost.

Growing ordinary apples and strawberries in your garden is satisfying, but there's something particularly exciting about harvesting exotic fruits that your neighbors have never seen. Contrary to ...

It’s not every day that the words “Elkins, West Virginia “or “Emma Scott Garden Club” are front and center at the Embassy of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in Washington, D.C., or that the ...

Aerin Lauder and Cordelia de Castellane hosted a dinner to toast each other's Rizzoli book about living a richer life with ...

Ephemerals are unusual plants that love early spring weather: cool and a bit wet. They bring color and otherworldly flowers to shadier corners. They tend to hug the ground plane, avoiding the cold, ...

At different times of the day, different flowers open up for light and pollination.