A new lady's-slipper orchid, once believed to be extinct in the UK, has been spotted in the wild for the first time in 100 ...

A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard,” proposes the clever concept of “homegrown national parks,” which he ...

In a historic and bipartisan move, the State of Texas has approved $50 million in state funding for drug development trials for ibogaine, a powerful, naturally occurring medicine showing extraordinary ...

When Debora Robertson moved house, she went from shady London terrace to sundrenched French villa. Here's what she learnt along the way ...

The fruit is coming.” The urgent phone call that Barney Wilczak anticipates typically comes in the middle of the night. The caller is one of his local farmer partners, who’ve just walked their ...

Syringa x chinensis Lilac Sunday’s flower clusters form along the stem ... (Side note: What are called “French lilacs” aren’t native to France, but are double-flowered vulgaris cultivars ...

There are at least 180 known species of wallflowers, and only 12 of them are native to North America, with most, like Erysimum linifolium, indigenous to Europe. While hummingbirds may visit purple ...

As you probably know, Shiraz is the Australian nickname for Syrah, that inky purple wine grape likely native to France’s Rhône Valley. In the Northern Rhône, it’s responsible for many beautiful, ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego has a new official flower that's native to the area ... but are usually shorter -- and end in a small blue and purple bloom. San Diego adopted the last official flower ...

After so many years, what makes the beloved flower so unique? Though there are many varieties of bluish, purple and lavender ... myths say picking the native plants is bad luck.

And this,” he said, pointing to a dainty purple flower, “is an introduced species, speedwell, in the genus Veronica. It’ll attract bees. And this is a native geranium, and it has a ...

Many species have petal-less, long flowers called catkins, and each flower ... in pink, purple, or white. Come November, the color fades as beige seeds take its place, creating a buffet for many ...