Nothing brightens up a home’s curb appeal quite like a flowering tree with brightly-colored spring or summertime blooms. But while most flowering trees produce white or pink flowers, if you’re looking ...

Whenever I’m planning a new garden, no matter what mood I’m trying to create, I always include some purple plants. I look for a variety of purple flowering plants including purple flowering bushes, ...

The rains have slowed, the sun has returned and it appears Oregon’s spring has finally arrived. And with spring, comes the annual camas bloom. Common camas (Camassia quamash) was originally classified ...

For flowers that don't do well over winter, you can grow them indoors to get them started. This one can be started indoors for longer-lasting blooms.

A pinnacle goal for every gardener is to have a flower bed that dazzles all season long. Some green thumb energy and great weather certainly help in that department, but certain flowers bloom extra ...

This past fall, my husband and I traveled to Iceland and throughout Scandinavia. And as I do on all our trips, I kept my eyes ...

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 ...

Pennsylvania’s climate is perfect for growing spring-blooming bulbs. We have plenty of winter cold for favorites such as tulips and daffodils to get their needed “chill” time, then we usually have a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I explore cultures and cuisines near and far. 40 acres of candy-colored tulips. Deep purple lilacs edged in white that perfume the ...

One of the sure signs of spring in San Diego County is the blooming of millions of giant tecolote ranunculus on a hillside in Carlsbad. Row after row of pink, yellow, red, white, purple and orange ...