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Even perfectly hardy shrubs such as wintersweet (Chimonanthus) are worth growing against walls, as the wall helps to protect ...

Brighten your home’s decor and elevate your mood by adding a few flowering plants to your indoor garden. You may be surprised ...

A little planning now, big buzz later. This versatile plant pulls double duty — start in a container in winter and it will be ...

Brighten your home’s décor and elevate your mood by adding a few flowering plants to your indoor garden. You may be surprised ...

Fun fact: The actual flowers on the poinsettia are the tiny yellow blooms in the middle. The red "petals" are actually called ...

When you're looking for plants for your landscape, you probably think about blooms and foliage, but here's a shrubby tree ...

Viruses spread from honey bees to wild bees through shared flowers, threatening pollination and plant communities.

A blast of winter weather has brought snowfall and subfreezing wind chills across the Midwest and East Coast as well as ...

An Australian flowering plant not seen for close to 60 years had been presumed extinct. Then, a photo taken in June 2025 was ...

After being pollinated, the plants form seeds within a hollow green fruiting body, shaped somewhat like a cucumber.