Whenever I’m planning a new garden, no matter what mood I’m trying to create, I always include some purple plants. I look for a variety of purple flowering plants including purple flowering bushes, ...

A super long-blooming native Joe-Pye eupatorium, a new pink-bloomer that’s a hummingbird magnet, and four new perennial ...

A pinnacle goal for every gardener is to have a flower bed that dazzles all season long. Some green thumb energy and great weather certainly help in that department, but certain flowers bloom extra ...

Soak up some feelgood color with these tough but tiny blooms ...

Californians can soon expect a wildflower explosion. Those lucky enough to travel to one of California’s stunning desert ...

Pennsylvania’s climate is perfect for growing spring-blooming bulbs. We have plenty of winter cold for favorites such as tulips and daffodils to get their needed “chill” time, then we usually have a ...

Don't let the short days and chilly weather fool you: December is still not the time to hang up your gardening gloves. Savvy gardeners know this quiet month offers a golden opportunity to get a huge ...

It’s late winter and soon we will start (if we haven’t already!) seeing the very earliest blooming ephemeral spring flowers, such as snowdrops and winter aconites. Ephemerals are plants that will ...

One of the sure signs of spring in San Diego County is the blooming of millions of giant tecolote ranunculus on a hillside in Carlsbad. Row after row of pink, yellow, red, white, purple and orange ...

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park is seeing an early bloom of wildflowers, with many San Diegans wondering if it will turn into ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. We've had plenty of April showers — so ...