So when we came across a tree streaked with bright purple paint, I didn’t assume it was modern art or my long-hoped-for doorway to a fairy realm. I figured it meant something more practical.

The purple-leaf acacia is unapologetically not green. Many people love it while others find its soft, silvery blue-gray foliage tinged with purple too intense for their green garden color scheme.

August is not a time of the year when gardeners can rely on spectacular displays of color from their shrubs and trees. The ...

The hallmarks of a New England summer are heat and humidity; the amount of each, respectively, can render conditions pleasant ...

Last November, Gov. Tom Wolf signed House Bill 1772 authorizing the use of purple paint as an option to the traditional "No Trespassing" signs to indicate private property.