David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

It's that time of year again: the time when most Houstonians visit their local grocery store or nursery and carry home lilies, petunias, hydrangeas, roses, Johnny jump-ups, and other flowers that aren ...

SALISBURY — There are many beautiful annual and biennial flowers that are native to the Southeast. These plants can add color, flair and quick gratification to the impatient gardener. Annuals are ...

Bringing plants into the home in the form of floral arrangements – whether they’re a few hydrangeas or a colorful mix of what’s thriving in the garden – breathes life into every room. To see the ...

Attention, anyone who thinks native blooms are brilliant in the wild — or our yards — but don’t work in bouquets. Boy, are we wrong. This isn’t an invitation to trample wildflower fields to pick ...

Andrew Ong and Jared Goza have been into plants and gardening since they were kids. When they bought their house on the east side, it needed a full landscaping overhaul. This huge project became an ...

The flower comes from East Asia and symbolizes a story of memory, myth and displacement. Now, there’s a movement afoot to ...

Take 5 is a meetup with a local entrepreneur. For more than 25 years, Rose Sampson has been offering Native American crafts for sale. Sampson, 66, who does her own craft work, also sells the works of ...

A Georgia Senate bill would make the state flower the sweetbay magnolia, a native plant that would replace the non-native Cherokee Rose. (Photo contributed by Alan Cressler) Cherokee Rose is actually ...