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Grasses serve many purposes in the garden. Illinois Extension says native grasses can increase root competition in plantings, ...

Pretty flowers are only part of what pollinators need. Here are some native plants that help pollinators thrive in your ...

October is an ideal month to plant a variety of flowers, hardy vegetables, and shrubs, including marigolds, chrysanthemums, ...

Upright clusters of scarlet red, tubular flowers with a bright yellow star at the top bloom in late spring to early summer at the tips of each stem. If you grow it in bright shade to part sun, you'll ...

October is ideal for planting winter-blooming flowers in India. Marigolds, chrysanthemums, petunias, pansies, and snapdragons ...

In the New Orleans area, fall is not just a kaleidoscope of falling leaves and a gateway to dreary cold.. It's a season with ...

Plants can ‘measure’ shade by using Pigments are natural substances that give colour to plants, animals and other organisms. In plants, pigments are responsible for the colour of leaves and flowers ..

A bushy and clump-forming perennial with finely divided, lance-shaped leaves and abundant daisy-like yellow flowers with a maroon centre held on long stalks flowering for a long period of time over ...

The fifth bulb you should be planting now is Alliums since they "add architectural interest with their striking, globe-shaped flowers," Craig explained. The expert added: "Allium bulbs should be ...

By Jonathan O’Callaghan In six billion years the sun will expand into a red giant. That process should consume Mercury, and maybe Venus. For a long time we have thought it might incinerate Earth ...