If you're trying to lean native in the garden, you may have more choices than you realize for native bulbs that bloom early ...

The pink gladiolus plant, otherwise known as gladiolus caryophyllaceus, is an "invasive garden escapee" originally from South ...

Trees, bushes and houseplants often look dead when they're really just dormant. Here's how to tell if it's time to toss 'em ...

If you’re looking for a unique new flower to plant in your garden this year, peacock orchids have 4 to 5-inch white blooms ...

Types of bulbs (Left to right): Daffodil (true bulb), tulip (true bulb) and crocus (corm) Hardy bulbs or spring flowering bulbs require a cold period to break their dormancy and begin spring flower ...

Virginia native Laurie Young, a strategic consultant who worked on program development in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, is ...

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf have described a previously unknown ...

New research uncovers how plants adapt to global warming through two genetic pathways controlling stomatal responses ...

Plants widen microscopic pores on their leaves in response to heat. But scientists lacked an understanding of the mechanisms behind this 'sweating' function. Now, biologists have unlocked the details ...

A compound found in African wormwood -- a plant used medicinally for thousands of years to treat many types of illness -- could be effective against tuberculosis, according to a new study.

Plants that burst into bloom in fall should be a gardener’s reward for putting up with all the summer season throws at us.