Botanists classify berries into a wide range of types – a true berry is a fruit formed by a single flower with seeds embedded ...

If you're looking for easy ways to brighten up your garden, attract pollinators, and maybe even repel pests, try these ...

Ornamental grasses can add interest to a dormant winter garden. Here's the best time to cut back ornamental grasses to help ...

Planting ornamental grasses make a big impact in the backyard, with many varieties hardy and easy to grow, providing year-round interest. From tall and wispy varieties that sway beautifully in the ...

As time passes, I have come to regard the African bush daisy (Euryops pectinatus) as an ornamental plant that no Southern California garden should be without – and not only because it’s one of my wife ...

Think dried flower arrangements are out of your budget? Think again! Snip dead or dying plant materials from your own garden ...

Bromeliads are gorgeous, low-maintenance plants perfect for adding vibrant color and unique textures to indoor and outdoor ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... If every garden is a poem, ornamental grasses are punctuation. Short, squat and round. Tall, reaching or curly. They serve as the periods, exclamation points ...

Nothing quite transports you like a scented flower. These are the best scented plants that bring wonderful fragrance to winter gardens.

Mayor Daley, there’s somebody we’d like you to meet. She’s Mary Ellen Rosemeyer, a River North resident who shares your passion for greening up the city. But she’s way ahead of you on the ...