Is your summer garden looking parched? Not many blooms survive under the sweltering summer sun, but this flowering plant will bring effortless color until fall.

Last year, former environment minister Tanya Plibersek secured national agreement to develop a Threat Abatement Plan (TAP) to ...

You may enjoy the sweet scent of flowers, but not every species smells good. Sometimes those gorgeous blooms have a bad odor, ...

True Plant Stories: LantanaBIG COLOR, little water, lots of butterflies. How does that sound? That’s the story of lantana in a nutshell. But I’m famous for verbosely pontificating on the ...

Some common garden plants in this category include begonia, Chinese evergreen, Iceland poppy, jack-in-the-pulpit, calla lily, split-leaf philodendron and rhubarb leaves. Class 4 plants: Dermatitis.

Blue daze (Evolvulus glomeratus) is a low-growing bedding plant that loves summer heat and sun. This pest-free plant has ...

Native of tropical Americas, the lantana has been a common bedding plant in the South for many years. Lantana is valued for its long season of reliable bloom.

Decorative shrubs called Lantana camarata aren't usually the top choice to put in yards overrun with little kids out of concern that parts of the plants, if eaten, could prove poisonous. But a ...

True Plant Stories: Natal PlumThe plum sized, crimson colored fruit earned Carissa it’s locally accepted common name of “Natal Plum” — Natal being the most northeastern South African ...

Trailing lantana is not invasive like common lantana, since it doesn’t produce berries. It blooms in full to part sun in spring, fall and intermittently in summer.

A surprising number of the plants in South Florida gardens may be toxic or irritating to our dogs and cats. Among them: cycads, milkweed, aroids, lantana camera, poinsettia and other euphorbias ...