While our daily interactions with our plants are limited, every proud plant parent knows that our leafy babies are more than just decorations. Not only can plants improve your health, but they often ...

Depending on where you go in the United States, you'll find that The same is true of black-eyed Susans. They can be any dark-centered, daisylike flower. Confusion mounts when you cross national ...

It's been a while, but we still miss zauschneria. The plant is still with us, blooming right now to enliven late summer, but the name is obsolete. Some call it California fuchsia, but it isn't much ...

State Stakes Native Plant Markers in the shape of Texas can be left plain or decorated with oil-based paint pens.Courtesy Darla Menking Visitors to the Texas Master Naturalist Wildscape Demonstration ...

What's in a name? I've found that the single most mind boggling aspect of gardening to the general public is the complicated names given to plants. People often ask me 'How do you remember all those ...

Botanical names might look like a jumble of Latin, but they’re actually more useful (and less scary) than most people think. Unlike common names, which can change from place to place, botanical names ...

Often when we receive questions about a plant, all we're told is the plant’s common name. For most of our ornamental plants, that isn’t a problem, but when it comes to edible plants, figuring out the ...