The Kauai series wishbone flower is a Louisiana Super Plant selection for spring 2014. (Courtesy of Dan Gill) Gardeners often wish for colorful bedding plants that will thrive in our long, hot, humid ...

Question: We like to grow torenia during the summer. Why is it also called wishbone flower? Answer: Gardeners that grow torenia may just be a bit lucky. If you are making a bouquet or using them in ...

You may have noticed that some of the bedding plants you put in back in the spring are looking tired and played out at this point. Perhaps insects or diseases have caused damage, or the bedding plants ...

Plants have come and gone in our garden. But one small bloom, torenia - or wishbone flower, is still a summer favorite. I fell for the charming, profuse blooms in the 1980s when looking for ...

If you need a flowering plant for a shady window box or basket, try torenia. Just about as close as you can get to a trouble-free plant, torenia is also beautiful. Torenia flowers look a lot like ...

Heat-tolerant plants like zinnias, sunflowers, King’s Mantle, Crinums, and perennial salvias thrive in high temperatures. Torenia (Wishbone Flower), sweet alyssum, Euphorbia ‘Diamond Frost,’ and ...

Looking for a plant to use as a mixer for a shady container garden? Wishbone flower (Torenia fournieri 'Moon Indigo') is a great choice. The foliage is a nice medium green in color, with 1-inch leaves ...

Tokyo - A glowing flower has gone on display in Tokyo. Instead of sorcery and magic, its creators used science to genetically modify the flower, adding a naturally fluorescent plankton protein to its ...

The surprising stretch of recent cool weather has distracted some of us from the truth that hot weather will be here faster than ice cubes melt in July. And, if recent summers are any indication, this ...