Tropical trees like plumeria do not thrive in most parts of the United States because they require hot and humid conditions. However, anyone who wants to enjoy their fragrant blossoms can successfully ...

When choosing colors for a flower bed, consider the colors of blooming trees, shrubs, ground covers and vines that will live ...

Air plants bloom only once, their small pink, coral, purple or white flowers signaling their impending death. But no worries: ...

The pearly beachfront hotels, too, might have been on the coast of Maui, but for the swooping, elliptical football stadium ...

No sun, no problem. Perk up your porch with ideas for potting our favorite shade-loving plants that will inspire your ...

BOTANISTS have found a stand of rare trees in Zanzibar not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa. The intsia trees ...

Good choices for ornamental types of bonsai trees that, like an indoor environment, are ficus and jade. If you plan on ...

Maria Zampini, president of the Ohio-based Upshoot plant-introduction company, likes this new small tree from Concept Plants for its big, bold, and colorful tropical leaves. “It has maroon red ...

Many of us are familiar with these trees’ pink to purple blooms, which appear in late winter and early spring. Newer cultivars — such as one called Butterflies — that feature yellow flowers ...

With its beautiful, long, pink-tinged leaves, the Hawaiian ti plant (Cordyline fruticosa) is a popular house or conservatory plant. And in warmer zones, this eye-catching evergreen can be grown ...

Now is a good time to plant your arbor day trees, fruit trees and shrubs. Wait to plant any tropical plants like bananas ... Hardy ornamental grasses, like pink muhly, can be cut back to 6 to ...