Despite the fact that my husband, Mike, and I deliberately decided we would not plant a garden this year, we still have an unexpected bumper crop of a different type. Although we raised very ...

Integrate a variety of seasonal blooms into your landscape design for optimal year-round color. For example, you may want to include different types of cacti with brilliant blooms at different times ...

As well as their good looks, umbellifers are also famously attractive to a diverse range of pollinating insects ...

People have been celebrating the summer solstice with elaborate rituals since prehistoric times. But humans aren’t the only species to take mark June 21 as a special time. Studies are showing the ...

This edition of Mint's ‘Climate Change and You’ newsletter discusses the coevolution of primates and fleshy fruits, the ...

When you picture a flower and a pollinator, the odds are you’re imagining a colorful, perfumed flower, and a honeybee.

‘Foxgloves are some of the best plants for a cottage garden style, not least because they tolerate semi-shade,’ says garden ...

A flowering cherry or a crimson pointe plum? The Town of Tonawanda counted a total of 28,001 trees, including 30 varieties, growing on town property in a recently completed tree inventory there.

The beautiful Serviceberry tree is a diminutive yet hardy specimen from the eastern US, loved for its flowers and foliage. It's these qualities that earn it its reputation as a tough urban tree.

Understanding why your tree does this can help you manage it for better, more reliable harvests. Adverse weather conditions can trigger this alternate bearing cycle. For example, a late frost during ...

From pollinating plants to dispersing seeds, birds play a variety of crucial roles that help to keep ecosystems in balance.