Have you ever noticed that people who enjoy their yards and gardens like talking about plants nearly as much as they enjoy growing them? Striking up a conversation is easy. Just ask “Have you ever ...

There's a lot more to our greener counterparts than we realize; secrets are lurking everywhere in our gardens. Here are 30 super interesting facts that you didn't know about plants—until today, of ...

As you may or may not know, fall is the best time to plant most trees and shrubs, with crapemyrtles being an exception since they like to be planted in the summer. But, if you have some space to add a ...

I loved all the personal stories this week about the plants we were discussing. Keep sharing your own personal experience with them. Candlestick plant or Candle bush is Senna alata or Cassia alata, ...

My wife and I visited her cousin, Penny, a few weeks ago and were amazed at an enormous cactus she had in landscape. It was an eastern prickly pear cactus measuring about 100 square feet, loaded with ...

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

Fasciation (also called cresting) is fairly common if you keep an eye out for it and nothing to get too alarmed about. Here it is on a cactus. Howard Garrett / Special Contributor The first time I saw ...

Bringing a new plant home is an exciting moment. You find the perfect spot with just the right amount of light, you get it ...

Plants have an almost magical ability to transform a room from a sterile box into a living, breathing space. I once had a living room that felt more like a waiting room, complete with a sad, lonely ...