The Asian transplants, brought to North America in the late 1800s, have become so widespread that many mistake them for ...

To spread knowledge about native plants, Woodke assembles planters with selections of species, mixing native edibles and ...

Often growing in rocky ground with acidic soil in the wild, this species doesn’t go summer-dormant the way the popular ...

G round cover plants can be a blessing or an absolute nightmare. They seem so dainty and delicate in the nursery: compact, ...

False Cape State Park is your answer, serving up pristine Atlantic coastline the way nature intended. This might be the most “you gotta work for it” park in Virginia. No cars allowed! You’ll need to ...

Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...

As the summer heat approaches, now is a wonderful time to cultivate a shade garden. It will become a tranquil escape from the ...

At Veterans Acres in Crystal Lake, I discovered what I think are two different species — the Ohio spiderwort and the Virginia spiderwort.

From the coast to mountains and from mild climates to nearly arctic conditions, Maine encompasses more than a hundred types ...

Therefore, it’s best to let native vines, such as grapes, smilax, Virginia creeper, passion vine, pipevine, and even poison ivy, thrive on their own whenever possible.

They think all native plant landscapes are wild and messy, but they don’t have to be, by any stretch. Another misconception is that if you use native plants instead of crape myrtle from Asia, it ...