The African Plant Database lists 65,000 species of flowering plants, ferns and conifers found on the African continent and ...

Do you recognize this herb garden demon? I've dislodged it everywhere I see it, but it keeps coming back! What to do?

You can also consider plants which act as pest deterrents. Lavender is great at deterring aphids and flea beetles. The strong ...

Another way to keep tough grasses out of the garden is to use metal edging around the outside of the garden bed, notes ...

It's important to water plants thoroughly during their first growing season, even drought-tolerant ones. Planting in the fall ...

Lettuce is an easy-to-grow, cool season crop that’s typically planted in spring for an early summer harvest, or in mid-summer ...

With a little careful planning, biodiversity can be created when a new landscape is designed or increased if correct plants replace plants that die.

Sow 2 Grow is a summer program run by the University of Tennessee Gardens for teens with disabilities, from age 13 through high school seniors. Participants work with plants, growing both their ...

A new study suggests that plants deceive their neighbors using fungi, faking warning signals in order to compete.

Foundation plantings are like spandex garments. They smooth out bumpy features and add a dressy look. Though the lovely ...

If you’ve nursed your cucumber plant into a large, leafy vine, it can be disappointing and confusing when it hardly produces ...

Perennials are plants and flowers that grow and bloom over the spring and summer, die every autumn and winter and then grow ...