It is nonnative and invasive. She sings its praises. It does not belong in Western North Carolina, and it will outcompete native plants. It invades your neighbor’s property. You cannot get rid ...

Select native small trees and shrubs for shade, screening, and seasonal flowers and fruits. Discover how to forage wild plants, even in your backyard, including those so-called “weeds!” ...

Tallamy made a case that our native birds and insects evolved with native plants, so they recognize them as food. The loss of these native plants and habitats to development poses an existential ...

That's why ecologists in Utah are trying to figure out how to get native plants growing there quickly, to prevent phragmites from taking hold once again. "It's a pretty new endeavor in many ...

Many native plants in the U.S. cannot possibly move themselves fast enough to avoid climate-change driven extinction. If these native plants are going to have any chance of surviving into the ...

Given that many gardeners are working in restricted space, what if we want to grow food for humans while also creating habitat with native plants to help save the world? You can do both ...