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Echinacea (coneflower) hybrids are up-to-the-minute plant breakthroughs. American plant breeders work to bring bright flower and plant color to landscape garden designs.

Coneflowers are native to North America. Although purple coneflowers are the best known, there are at least four wild varities and several cultivars.

Purple coneflowers or Echinaceas are fabulous perennial plants for use in a wide variety of gardening landscapes. See how to select and grow Echinacea plants.

Strikingly beautiful and easy to grow, Purple Coneflowers are a must-have for butterfly gardens.

Planting desert plants in containers can provide an ideal, low-maintenance garden for limited-space areas.

Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) selections and cultivars can enhance prairie and meadow gardens. These native N.A. plants tolerate some shade and moist soil.

Black-Eyed Susans, with their conical brown seed heads and bold yellow petals, provide some striking contrast in any natural garden.

High in the mountains of the southwestern United States, late snows and early freezes can put a damper on flowering gardens.

If you're interested in water conservation, but also want a beautiful garden, take a look at these low-water-use flowering perennials.

It’s easy to talk about water conservation, but it’s more difficult to do something about it.

Design a perennial flower garden with these easy to grow perennials: widely adapted, easy to grow in a sunny garden, long lived flowers, and they look beautiful, too.

This is a look at which plants are on one half of the list of endangered plants in Georgia.

This pink and lilac garden highlights showy North American native species that will be colorful from June to early fall.

A frequent frustration of gardeners in cold northern zone climates is hearing about perennial plants that their Southern neighbors enjoy. What plants will survive zone 3?

See the best of the new perennial plants available to home gardeners in 2008. New colors, healthier plants and interesting flower forms can all be found.

Summer is the season when perennial plants take center stage with bright, long lasting flowers that stand up to the summertime heat. See eight perennial garden favorites!

Gardening at altitudes above 6500' is challenging, but with a little effort and proper plant selection, the rewards can be spectacular and unique.

An alphabetical listing of all the plant profiles covering flowering plants, garden shrubs, ornamental trees and more. An online plant encyclopedia with growing details.

Plant these summer flowers to keep your garden looking fresh and blooming all season: choose from annuals, perennials, shrubs, bulbs, vines and tropical plants.

Attracting birds to the garden landscape can be easy for gardeners who plant perennials that provide songbirds with a source of food.

Rudbeckia, or black-eyed Susan, is a beautiful daisy-like flower that adds a beauty and splash of color to the summer garden for weeks.

Common herbal remedies and supplements and a summary of their potential health benefits.

In freezing conditions, wild birds could use a hand finding fresh water and food, and with a little ingenuity and some planning, you won't even need to buy a feeder.

The end of summer does not mean the end of gardening chores. There is plenty to do before the days become too short to complete chores and winter sets in.

Bring balance into your home and spiritual life by drawing on the energy of the goddess Hestia. Learn simple rituals and other ways to connect with her energy and balance

Creating a natural and inviting backyard will encourage children to spend more time outdoors learning and engaging in imaginative play.

A simple how to guide to create a butterfly garden. Environmentally friendly herb gardening to attract bees and butterflies. Insect pollinators are in serious decline.

Help save Butterflies by planting a Buddleia Bush or by letting the nettles grow? Every grower can do something to preserve this beautiful insect.

Every garden has a difficult hot sunny spot where most flowers fail. Plant some or all of these proven hardy perennial performers in your flower garden this summer.

Perennials are those plants in the yard or garden bed that can be counted on to return and bloom every year. Here's a list of perennial plants anyone can grow.

Echinacea is a medicinal herb that many people vow strengthens their immune systems and keeps colds away.

Echinacea supplements are often used as a cold and flu remedy. The following discusses echinacea benefits, side effects and what precautions to take when using this herb.

Flowers and butterflies (and caterpillars) go together. Plan your flower garden to attract butterflies and grow a magical butterfly habitat in your own back yard.

Year-round color, rich greenery, and bright, flashy blooms are available to gardeners who live in dry climates, such as the southwestern United States.

Long before modern medicine, early settlers relied on nature and its plants to provide cures for common ailments, some of which science supports today.

Buying large numbers of herbaceous perennials is expensive. However, growing perennials from seed is easy, much cheaper, and more fun than buying ready grown plants.

Because of the use of broad-range pesticides in our yards along with climate change, butterfly populations are declining. We can bring them back by going organic.

Every perennial gardener wants a showy display of flowers all season from spring to fall. Here's how to get it. Follow this guide for your best perennial garden yet.

Perennials grow bigger and better each year and could outgrow their place in the garden. Plan ahead and space perennial plants to allow for their mature size.

Design with big, easy perennials: eye catching, attention grabbing plants that bring excitement to the flower bed or mixed border. Special plants that say "Look at Me!"

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.

These flowering shrubs and perennial plants are all known to attract butterflies to the garden. Flowers and flutters - what could be better?

During winter, toddlers are particularly susceptible to colds and flu. There are many ways to improve their immunity naturally, including diet, hygiene, and supplements.

Perennial gardens can be stunning in just a couple of years. A big budget helps, but there are cost-cutting tricks to building beautiful perennial gardens.

Rediscover the plants of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by trailblazing a historical expedition garden at home.

The availability of food, shelter, nesting sites, and water has a big impact on the number of birds that live in your backyard habitat.

Herbs are prepared for medicinal use in four ways: infusion, decoction, tincture, and distillation. A Texas gardener can prepare many medicinal herbs in their kitchen.

Helping to sustain wildlife in the backyard is a rewarding way to ensure their survival and create appreciation for the natural world.

A medicinal herb garden was a colonial home remedy necessity. Now, we grow them as much for beauty. Read about a cold remedy, sore throat, & acne remedy etc.

If you choose the right plants and set up your garden in an appealing way, you can encourage butterflies to visit and even establish colonies in your area.