Grown for its silvery, lacy foliage, artemisia is an excellent backdrop for showier plants. They’re hardy plants that don’t ...

When planning a new garden, we typically think about the amount of sunlight which will be available to plants in a specific location at different times of the day, and perhaps how plants might look in ...

Night-blooming flowers are a magical addition to any garden, unfurling when the world is quiet and dark. These blooms often ...

The evening primrose is named for its night-blooming yellow flowers, but the plant’s reputed therapeutic value is derived from the oil in its tiny seeds. Evening primrose oil is a source of ...

Evening primrose, flowering tobacco and Mirabilis are among the plants that save their show for after dinner. Many of us are still spending most evenings at home. Gardens are not usually thought of as ...

The name Pink Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa) seems to suggest a flower whose blooms open in the evening and close in the morning, but in the south this plant blooms in the morning and closes in ...

This recycled column, about a surprising plant performance, was one of my mother’s favorites. I was visiting my sister in Tuscaloosa, and as we prepared to sit down for the evening meal, a next-door ...

One of the breakfast buddies at Richard’s BBQ brought me a flower one of her friends asked to identify. It was a beautiful yellow flower growing alongside the road. My first thought was, “Is a flower ...

I will be traveling the next two weeks and am recycling a couple of columns. This column, about a surprising plant performance, was one of my mother’s favorites. I was visiting my sister in Tuscaloosa ...