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Fleuroselect 2010 winners belong to three native North American flowering plants. They display qualities like compactness, long flowering seasons, and vivacious colors.

Learn how to grow Kratom, an unusual and interesting tree, which is fairly easy to care for.

Oenothera, the evening primrose, or sun-cup flower is a beautiful scented perennial that shines in the summer evening garden.

Winter doesn't have to be a total loss in the garden - these ornamental shrubs add winter blooms and beauty to the landscape.

Banaba has been a time tested herbal remedy for kidney and bladder problems. Recent studies show that it is also good for diabetes and obesity.

A garden in winter can be a striking study of contrasting shapes and textures, but it's one mostly played out in black and white.

The American Orchid Society (AOS) Visitors Center and Botanical Garden in Delray Beach, FL offers visitors thriving plants to see and appreciate each day of the year.

Planting trees and shrubs too close to each other and to structures is a common landscaping mistake. Here are suitable planting distances for 25 familiar species.

You may not want wildlife munching on your garden, but putting some native plants outside the garden helps feed them and keep them out.

Learn which perennials thrive in windy Northeastern North American gardens.

Goldenrod is often thought to provoke allergies, but the goldenrod pollen does not bother allergies at all. All solidago species are attractive to native butterflies.

The feel-good factor of spring is portrayed spectacularly by spring-flowering shrubs. These first rate, easy to grow, hardy plants are a real tonic as winter fades.

Here are some great shrubs and small trees for use in desert gardens, basically for USDA cold-hardiness zones 7-10, and below 6,000 feet.

Ginger is a great plant to grow, as well as one that has been used in homeopathic and natural healing. Learn more about growing and using ginger.

What can we use that is ecologically responsible and that will not persist or damage the environment when suddenly faced with a horde of hungry caterpillars?

Plants that can go the distance between waterings and even dry out are called drought tolerant. These are good for places that typically go months without rain.

Save money by planting seeds rather than seedlings. Wildflowers, Lupine, and California Poppy seeds can be an inexpensive start to a beautiful garden.

Brief look at origin of Christmas Carols & influence of St Francis of Assisi on celebration of Xmas by the masses. Christianity popularised by Franciscan monks in Europe