Some of the best plants to grow in your garden aren't just those that bloom in spring and summer — there are also flowers that offer a welcome burst of color when winter turns the landscape dull.

GARDENERS ARE always touting foliage over flower. No gardening conversation is complete without someone advocating for small shrubs over work-heavy perennials, and declaring that it’s really trees ...

If your patio gets full sun (about six hours of direct exposure), it might be difficult to keep potted flowers from drying out or getting scorched in the heat. Luckily, there are plenty of colorful ...

Mother Nature always has a few tricks up her sleeve, and one of those which has charmed me for years is the magic of color-changing flowers. I’m not talking about flowers like hydrangeas, whose flower ...

The Black Bat Flower is definitely one of those plants that’ll make people stop and stare. With its dark, almost black flowers that look like bat wings, it'll bring nice contrast to your garden. This ...

Flowers are found around the world in a variety of environments, and in all kinds of sizes, shapes and colors. Flowers are collected for many different reasons. Scientists collect flowers to find ...

Just before the summer solstice, a little group of friends walked out onto Cowee Meadow. Although it was raining in town, out there, the sun was shining. The meadows were a blaze of color: pink ...

A plant common to Japan, Causonis japonica, is the first to show a newly discovered trait. Its flowers can change color depending on the stage of its maturation cycle, and then change back to its ...