All I have to do is step outside and breathe and I know it's spring. The calendar may not yet concur, but the chipmunk at my bird feeder and the hummingbird seeking nectar are announcement enough. I ...

The primrose of Shakespeare and other poets is actually a family of several hundred species and hybrid plants known for their striking, often brilliant blossoms. Though many of these eye-catching ...

Today, you meet several nice native plants, all in the evening primrose family, as well as the not-so-nice invasive yellow flag iris. You also meet the beneficial insects known as the charming sphinx ...

If it is a native wildflower it must be good? Not always. The White Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa), commonly known as the Pink Evening Primrose or Pink Ladies, is a low-growing herbaceous, ...

Driving along Texas roads in the spring can be classified as nothing short of extraordinary as the roadsides are adorned with wildflowers that have splashes of color ranging from blue to pink to ...

There's nothing quite like walking out on your patio in the spring and being greeted with the fresh scent of flowers and bright, colorful blooms busting through from the bare branches of winter. But ...

Monty revisits one of his classic books, Gardening at Longmeadow, in an occasional series. People ask me often what my favourite flower is. The truth is that it depends on the season, the situation, ...