Plants can brighten up any space, from a garden bed full of summer veggies in the sun to a windowsill hosting a potted succulent, but not every leafy favorite is safe. We’re not talking about lawn ...
Sooner or later, the time comes in the growing season when gardeners must begin the time-consuming process of deadheading, or removing the dying flowers from each plant (no relation to the Grateful ...
There’s a new flesh-eating flower in the plant kingdom. The carnivorous cutie is the first of its kind identified in 20 years — despite the white flower’s prevalence throughout the Pacific Northwest.
This bright and colorful, beginner-friendly bloomer loves an early indoor start — giving you a leg up on color before spring ...
A new study found that a common flower is actually carnivorous. The flower, the western false asphodel, is a white flower common in the Pacific Northwest. Researchers found that tiny hairs along the ...
Flowers are more than just pretty petals: they can also be used to communicate subtle messages to friends, loved ones, and even enemies. In floriography (aka the language of flowers), each type and ...
Over the years of producing this column, I have mainly written about the considerable diversity of wildlife that can be observed throughout the Great State of Texas. But over the last year or so, I ...