Vegetables can be colorful and beautiful additions to your summer flower garden. Check out these edible landscape ideas ...

Various colors and textures are best for a whimsical garden. Here are some small flowering plants you can use for your own ...

* Where to use: Like most asters, ‘Grape Crush’ is a sun-lover that does best in damp, well-drained soil, although it’s a ...

Dear Master Gardener: Does a jasmine plant overwinter well or should I treat it as an annual and toss it when it freezes?

Photo Credit: Matt Lavin / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 The dotted blazing star can be a contradiction: It is popular for its beauty (large rose-lavender flower heads), but it is also among the toughest ...

There are many invasive plant species on Vancouver Island, but a few stand out as the worst culprits when it comes to ...

The four new species are on the brink of extinction as they can only grow in specific conditions. Read more at ...

The landscape designer Donald Pell believes using a wider palette with nonnatives from around the world can add joy to ...

The sky blue aster is one of over 600 aster species and boasts a beautiful bluish-purple hue. The aster may look like a single flower, but it’s actually a cluster of many small tubular flowers. Each ...

In our region there are a few fully parasitic plants, totally dependent on other plants for carbon, water, and nutrients.

An excellent plant for pollinating insects too. Prefers sun. So-called for its large, rounded, evergreen leaves, Bergenia is a tough perennial that makes excellent ground cover in sun or shade, and ...

Coneflowers are another beautiful fall flower. They're perennials that attract pollinators, like butterflies and bees. Not ...