Looking to block out those nosy neighbors or conceal unsightly views in your yard? The trick is to use your flora and fauna to your advantage, creating a privacy bush, or 'green wall' in your yard.

A low-maintenance flowering bush comes with the benefit of being a no-fuss shrubbery. It doesn’t require much water or pruning and thrives by being left alone. The best low-maintenance flowering ...

A wide array of flowering plants will bloom when grown indoors. Match the plant to the growing conditions and your ...

Out of all the birds that stop by the garden, hummingbirds are easily the ones everyone falls for. So, it is no surprise that a lot of gardeners want them around and are always trying to add more ...

Spring has sprung, the days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer and the flowers are opening. As a child, I remember early spring as being a riot of color and the air being filled with ...

Once a seed germinates, it is committed to one location. Plants are sessile—stuck where they started out—forced to cope with whatever conditions arrive next. The only way out of trouble is to rebuild ...

For flowering plants, reproduction is a question of the birds and the bees. Attracting the right pollinator can be a matter ...

When you see a plant, it's likely that nine out of 10 times you will be looking at a flowering plant. Flowering plant families first emerged at least 140 million years ago But they didn't diversify ...

Many gardeners resort to using bedsheets to protect sensitive flowers and vegetables. But does covering plants with sheets really protect them from freezing temperatures?

Lipstick vines get their name from their bright red, tube-shaped flowers. But one member of this group of plants has lost its lipstick-like appearance— its flowers are shorter, wider, and yellowish ...