Small gardens sometimes require smaller versions of our favorite flowers. Here are some of our favorite short flowers for ...

Sweet alyssum and petunias will attract butterflies, but this fast-growing alternative can do just as well and functions ...

Magnolia stellata from Japan are among the very early starry white flowers that appear a week before the saucer magnolia blooms. The fragrant 3-to-4-inch-wide flowers consist of a dozen or more ...

Given the trend toward pollinator-attracting, many also are looking for something native as opposed to the two top past shady groundcovers of pachysandra and ivy, both potentially invasive. Two ...

These seven flowers are underrated, and grow in record time. Plant them in your garden now for stunning blooms all summer.

Every May, long before the first candle is lit for the evening novena, the air in our barrios changes --not only because the heat thickens, but because the fragrance of faith itself, soft and ...

One recent morning, I was walking on the rail trail in South Amherst when something in the sun-dappled underbrush caught my eye. A dot of burgundy, then another. I stopped to look more closely and all ...

On a fine May morning, there’s no better time to look at the stunning array of ways that bees and flowers have co-evolved to interact ...

These gorgeous blooms barely need any sunlight.

Where is the latest batch of guests jetting off to? What stars will be lighting up the screen? Here’s what to know ahead of ...