A dense mat of beautiful yellow flowers shaped like grinning mouths growing from a mat of silvery leaves sounds like an excellent substitute for a lawn begging for maintenance. Even better, this ...

Also known by its formal name, Helianthus petoilaris, the prairie sunflower grows everywhere in the U.S. outside of the southernmost region. Easily grown, the plant sprouts similar to a weed in bushes ...

In most circumstances, one shouldn't be too concerned with popularity. However, when it comes to how popular your garden is among the neighborhood pollinators, it pays to pander to others' tastes. For ...

Discover night-blooming plants like phlox and flowering tobacco and how their evening blooms and scents can transform your ...

Who doesn’t love the sight of dazzling yellow goldenrod and purple asters that fill the sunny fields and roadsides of central Ohio this time of year? There are more than 77 species of goldenrod ...

There is a small plant with shiny green leaves and yellow flowers that seems to be taking over sections of my garden, and is even growing in the lawn. It disappears later in spring. What is this, and ...

You can plant dormant trees and shrubs and sow native plant seeds in January to get a head start on your garden. Discover three fruit-producing plants and six native plants to add to your garden this ...

It often happens that when a certain color combination appears in your garden, it is simultaneously found on a number of different plants. For me, at this time of the year, it’s orange and yellow. The ...

Says Former Farm Girl: “In Friday’s Pioneer Press, there was an ad for a garden center. There was a picture of a woman all dressed for gardening. There were five questions you could ask their experts.

Weeds can camouflage themselves in our gardens well as many produce their own flowers, blending in with the rest of summer's colourful blooms. But as temperatures continue to exceed 30C in Britain, ...