Even though the drought this summer has been a huge setback for my garden, crisping up the lilacs and other shrubbery and will most likely result in a sub-par foliage season, one flower that has ...

To invite more hummingbirds to your garden, consider planting these flowers as a dynamic duo. They both feed the birds and ...

From watching butterflies float in the sun to seeing bees zoom from flower-to-flower in the search for pollen and nectar, there is nothing as peaceful as a garden teeming with wildlife. One visitor ...

Every outdoor space is better if you can count hummingbirds among your wildlife visitors. Not only are they beautiful to look at but they help the ecosystem too. One of the major pollinating birds in ...

Bring pollinators to every corner of your yard with these plants for wet soil. Grow camas, cardinal flower, and more perfect ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Native to North America, ...

The floodplain of the stream behind my house is currently dotted with the bright red blooms of the cardinal flower. Watching for them out back or as I drive along the many brooks, streams and rivers ...

The early summer wildflower season has arrived. Before long, alongside roadways and woodland edges, some of our more robust native plants will be flowering. By “robust” I mean high growing and stout.