Fast-growing plants have their benefits, but with these evergreens, there are also drawbacks. From being disease-prone to ...

The best color is on new growth — branches that are just a year or two old. Older branches will turn grayish or brown. “To ...

It might look pretty when it blooms, but there is one kind of pear tree that spells disaster for your yard. It's best to eradicate this tree before it spreads.

The delicate beauty of winter’s flowering trees is the highlight of this year’s bonsai exhibition On view January 9 – March ...

The dark-eyed junco is one of Colorado’s classic winter visitors — the “snowbird” that many people first notice once cold ...

If mistletoe's status as a nutrient-stealing freeloader has been cooling your holiday ardor, new research led by an Oregon ...

Plus, a California native that can make do with little, if any, summer water and tolerate light shade and imperfect soil ...

The first holiday plant that comes to mind is the poinsettia. Although native to Mexico, they seem to have found their way ...

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a crop of imported palms is flowering for the first and only time after being planted by renowned ...

There are so many that I could recommend that I hope you’ll view this as just a starting point as you select native trees to ...

In November 2023, naturalist Gim Siew Tan chanced upon an unusual plant with whitish-peach flowers growing near the buttress ...

The bromeliads comprise one of the most eclectic plant families in the Americas, including epiphytes in rainforests, ...