No matter if it's the shady north side of your home, a boggy area close to a stream or pond, or a bare spot under your tree ...

Each year in the early summer, staff at the island's Yuushien Garden cut thousands of peony flowers and float them in a pond, creating a dazzling display of red, pink, purple and other colors.

Water soldiers change the amount of gas in their leaves to sink to the bottom of the pond over winter and then rise up to the surface in summer to flower. Emergent plants are rooted to the bottom of ...