With spring ever so close, the urge to have that beautiful garden color can seem nagging. Here are ways to force the start of ...

Even botanists can be surprised at the sheer variety of a houseplant often known only for being indestructible.

Calycanthus floridus, commonly known as sweetshrub or Carolina allspice, is an unusual plant native to North America. Not ...

Next time you shop for groceries check the produce section for ginger root, spaghetti squash, whole pineapples, and Chayote ...

I wrote last time about a flowering shrub called pineapple guava, a plant that produces fruit that resemble neither ...

Pineapple guavas, otherwise known as feijoa or Acca sellowiana, are subtropical plants well-suited to backyards in warmer climes (hardiness zones 8-10). Their evergreen leaves offer year-round color ...

It includes red pineapple (representing prosperity ... many plants as our weather isn't ideal for most flowers. Instead, we focus on hardy plants that can last longer during the festive season ...

Great in pots on the patio or dotted in a shady flowerbed Hellebores are a winter-hardy plant, meaning they can withstand the UK’s winter climate, flowering well into spring. Typically ...

to grow from cuttings and to graft. Most red flowering gums have been grown from seedlings, where there is always the risk of variability in characteristics, including colour. Cuttings are clones ...

If you enjoy tending to your indoor plants and keeping them in good health by avoiding mistakes that will kill your houseplants, it’s very likely that you will be able to propagate your plants ...