What’s your favorite color? My favorite color has always been green. I guess it figures, given my life-long interest in plants. But, if you ask me what my favorite color of flower is, I would say blue ...

December may not seem like an ideal time to start your garden. However, there is a gorgeous blue flower that will thrive in ...

* What it is: Despite being a U.S. native species, the spring-flowering bulb family of Camassia is seldom planted in home gardens. These produce foot-tall spikes of blue star-shaped flowers that open ...

Ever look around your yard and feel like something is missing? Sometimes, it’s just the right perennial that can make all the ...

As the heat of summer sets in, many plants take a break from flowering, but these stellar selections continue to bloom all season long. From annual bedding plants that just won’t quit, to reblooming ...

Tired of perennials that bloom just a few weeks every year? Exchange them for these 10 perennials that bloom for months on ...

Choosing long-blooming perennials not only makes your gardens colorful, it’s also great for pollinators and other wildlife. With a little research, you can have color in your landscape by planting a ...

A blue-purple member of the Plectranthus genus grows out in nature. - Sky Sailom Sangdad/Shutterstock Butterflies are more than just sets of pretty patterned wings and an easy at-home science project ...

Fall-blooming perennials are a joy to gardeners. For the lover of blue-colored flowers, blue mistflower, also known as blue boneset, (Conoclinium coelestinum) fills that need. The growth pattern is ...

It’s late winter and soon we will start (if we haven’t already!) seeing the very earliest blooming ephemeral spring flowers, such as snowdrops and winter aconites. Ephemerals are plants that will ...

As the saying goes, April showers bring May flowers, but as many flora lovers know, there's no need to wait till May to see blossoming plants. There are numerous plants that produce beautiful, ...