It's easy to get carried away with aesthetics or perhaps even caught up in the gender debate, yet nursery color schemes need to deliver on a practical level, too. Ideally, a nursery's color should ...

As the name suggests, sweet pea is sweetly fragrant when blooming in spring. It’s also quite ornamental, thanks to the brightly hued pastel flowers of pink, purple and white. Give it something to ...

Garden centers, florists and grocery stores are filling their shelves with a variety of holiday plants; a sure sign the holidays are approaching. This is the time of year to give, receive or fill your ...

Vegetables and fruit get their coloring from naturally occurring pigmentation. Some examples are beta-carotene in carrots, lutein in red peppers and lycopene in tomatoes. The colors of plants do more ...

If the entrance to your home is looking a little lack lustre there's one surefire way to give it a lift. Introduce some appealing colorful shrubs to your front yard landscaping and it will instantly ...

Most of us crave color in the landscape. Colorful flowers and foliage enliven a landscape and bring interest and beauty. We typically plant colorful flowerbeds to provide splashes of color. While ...

I read your article ("Vanishing impatiens," Aug. 24) about impatiens downy mildew and was sad that they are not going to be around anymore. Because of this, I decided to switch to coleus this year. I ...

Leucothoe Rainbow bush has droopy branches with a relaxed look, and red, yellow, cream and green leaves that don’t fade. Courtesy photo As you read this, I am most likely in Seattle enjoying and ...