These exotic plants will brighten any corner of your property and with the right care, will last for a long time. Even though many of them originated in countries on the other side of the world, they ...

During the time of the dinosaurs, Dawn Redwood grew widely across the northern hemisphere including North America but it was considered extinct for 20 million years before a small population was ...

For our third and final installment of the native plant/exotic plant discussion, it seems we need to get to the crux of the matter. You need to pick a plant to add to your garden, so do you plant a ...

Although conventional wisdom suggests that invasive exotic plants thrive because they escape the natural enemies that kept them in check in their native ranges, a new study in the journal Science ...

There can be an unfortunate side to having cool plants. Sometimes people want to steal them. At least, that’s been the case for Mark Hanson, who collects and grows rarities for his one-man business, ...

WE SEEM to have fallen into a rut when it comes to house plants. These days, variety, big-box, grocery and drugstores all carry the same selection of palms, dracaenas, ferns and ubiquitous green ...

PITTSBURGH -- Fallingwater is Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural symbol of man living in harmony with nature. But now it seems nature is on the attack. One of the architect's most prized buildings is ...

Amazon horticulturalist Ron Gagliardo discusses plant species in a smaller greenhouse meant to mock the temperature and humidity conditions of the Spheres. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser) It’s no ...

Giant zucchini are so passe. So are mutant citrus. The novelty of disfigured produce has definitely worn off, so don't bother trying to impress the neighbors with the freaks of your garden. Instead, ...

Nick Johnson is the team leader of the Temperate and Conservation collections at Kew's Tropical Nursery. Nick has been at Kew for nearly ten years and has worked in the Tropical Nursery for eight of ...

Seeds collected from coyote scats in southern California were tested for germination. Eighteen of 38 plant species germinated. Native species that germinated included Arctostaphylos glauca, ...