If you want to truly support bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, planting a few “pollinator-friendly” flowers isn’t always ...

For decades, native plants were relegated to the “weed” section of many American gardeners’ minds. Most nurseries didn’t stock them. But that’s slowly changing. Native plants provide food and shelter ...

Most people think a pollinator garden requires tearing up their entire lawn, hiring a landscaper, or knowing the Latin names ...

Liatris is a well known North American Native plant that produces wonderful grassy tufts of foliage with incredibly exciting ...

About a year or so after Sherry Ashbaugh and her husband moved into their home on a sprawling corner lot in El Cajon, they began to focus on creating a native garden. The couple had both worked in the ...

A patch of common foxglove bloom in a garden. - Photos From Japan, Asia And Othe Of The World/Getty Images With its tall spikes of purple, pink, or white bell-shaped flowers, common foxglove ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aurora Anaya dove headlong into California native plants for her home in Whittier. A bonus was a yard full of fragrance and ...

These hardworking native spring ephemerals put on a show while most other plants are still sleeping underground. Add them to ...

WASHINGTON — Native perennials are a win-win when it comes to landscaping here in the D.C. region. Native means they are native to the area, and support our local ecosystem like birds and butterflies.

Here are a few plants to test your knowledge. The common name for coreopsis, the state wildflower, is tickseed, due to the ...