The trumpet-shaped gladiolus is a tall, strong bloom, with the potential to grow up to 5 feet high. Its name is rooted in ...

Mexican petunias hail from the Ruellia genus, and are well-equipped to tolerate, and even flourish in the scorching-hot days ...

Here we are, three-quarters through the summer heat of July; the spark, crackle and vast array of colorful fireworks all but a fading glow in our mind’s eye.

A rare tree at a garden in West Sussex is to flower for only the sixth time in almost 100 years. The 97-year-old Emmenopterys ...

With bell-shaped purple blooms, creeping bellflower is pretty, but it chokes out wanted plants — and it’s all over the place in Minnesota.

* Great partners: Most any warm-colored, sun-loving summer perennial pairs well, such as black-eyed susan, daylily, sunflower ...