In the Mekong Delta, farmers and locals still gather the flowers on wooden boats. Now, the ritual’s also become a photo op.
To cheer ourselves up, my wife Nancy and I headed off to a few garden centers that have a good selection of houseplants. We ...
While creeping thyme makes an attractive ground cover plant, it is not the right plant for covering the soil beneath a shade ...
Q: I have nine pots of what I’m pretty sure is purple heart (wandering dude) on my apartment balcony. They came from a bed in my sister’s front yard. What’s the best approach for their cold weather ...
A stunning coleus, no doubt planted for its chartreuse-edged maroon leaves, is now punctuated by gangly 2 1/2-foot-tall ...
My ideal plant is ... typically in April and May. Their leaves differ slightly, with segmented, broad leaves featuring small ...
I have planted and grown these bulbs for many years in my own garden, and come April and May, when the purple and white ...
The temptation with a small garden can be to push everything to the edges to maximise space. However, foreshortening a view ...
Long stems and long-lasting flowers make camassia a delightful cut flower. The star-shaped flowers open sequentially from the ...
IT’S that tricky time in our gardens when all the perennials are disappearing and we’re waiting for the bulbs to come. But to ...
Offering a birth flower is much more than a simple gift: it's a tribute, a symbol of affection and attention. This ancient tradition is rooted in the language of flowers, a practice that dates back to ...
Many of the best varieties of narcissi bulbs are single-flowering, helping gardeners create a space that will support and feed local insects, such as Narcissus poeticus, otherwise known as the ...