Everyone loves watching hummingbirds at a bird feeder, but it feels even more satisfying to see them foraging from a plant you've lovingly grown and cared for. When you're looking for tropical plants ...

Hummingbirds are a welcome sight in any garden. These glorious creatures are not only beautiful, but they are prolific pollinators, visiting huge numbers of flowers each day in search of nectar. Many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Mandevillas are easy for the home gardener to grow,” says Maria Bolinger, territory manager for Ball FloraPlant. “Use them in ...

JOSH BYRNE: My garden beds might be full, but there's still room on the vertical spaces and that means - climbers - and today, I'm planting Mandevilla, Bougainvillea and the delicious Dragon Fruit.

Plant breeding innovations in mandevilla have changed forever the way we look at it in our gardens. A genus of tropical flowering vines native to south and Central America, mandevilla is instantly ...

A street in my neighbourhood has pale pink crepe myrtles planted as street trees. Right now they are all holding fluffy blossoms at the end of their branches as if offering fairy floss to passersby.

Today's column was very interesting. I have a lot of morning sun and afternoon shade and have problems with vines I plant in those areas. Often the tag on the plant will say "full sun" but not always.

Flowering vines could do the trick. There are so many options that will bring colorful flowers to eye level and beyond. Adding vines to your garden is a great way to take things to the next level. 1.