Creating a wildlife-friendly garden is one of the most rewarding ways to contribute to local biodiversity. Native flowers are particularly valuable because they have evolved alongside local ...

At Las Piletas Ranch Preserve in San Luis Obispo County, a surprising botanical discovery may alter the conservation future of a rare purple California wildflower. Researchers there uncovered a ...

“It was a real mess.” That was 1990. Inspired in part by the property’s oaks and his own experiences in nature as a fly fisherman and hiker, Anderson chose mostly native plants.

That all changed, Mr. Diboll said, around 1989. “Purple coneflower was elevated from wildflower to quote-unquote perennial, and it was allowed inside the garden gate,” he said.

The idea of restoring native ecosystems attracted Marc Pastorek’s interest in the 1990s, when he learned of the work of Drs. Charles Allen and Malcolm Vidrine.

10TV’s Karina Nova visited Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens to learn which flowers are native to Central Ohio and why you should try to plant them in your garden.

With bell-shaped purple blooms, creeping bellflower is pretty, but it chokes out wanted plants — and it’s all over the place in Minnesota.

The flowers look similar to daisies and bloom throughout the autumn months beginning in September. They are a great substitute for mums. The purple and lavender flowers from New York and New ...

We recommend instead growing flowers that can thrive in a full day's sun. Below are just 20 of the hundreds of full-sun flowers native to North America that will delight your eyes and support ...