With our warmer-than-average fall and plants holding onto leaves, I’ve been asked if trees are at risk of cold-weather injury ...

At roughly 40 acres, Doolittle Prairie is one of the most diverse prairies in the state, supporting 223 native plant species, ...

The mild weather favours flowery Novembers but destructive animals are out in force. Plants that resist attack are the way to ...

A migration journey of a thousand miles (or more) starts with lots of monarch butterfly flowers. Grow these nectar flowers ...

We are thrilled to announce the winners of our 5th annual Image of the Year contest, recognizing the world’s best in ...

This month I want to highlight a late-blooming perennial, the aster. We have had asters in our garden for a while, but last ...

Are you interested in different types of flower tattoos and their symbolism? Read on to find amazing designs that relate to ...

The RRCA also added woodland-specific flowers in treed areas near the Marsh’s Visitors Centre. In all, 522 specimens from 25 ...

Much has been written about the value of including asters in your garden as a late-season source of food for pollinators. For this reason, I have included several in mine. However, there is one that ...

Bradford pears have notoriously weak crotches (branch angles). Think of your index and middle fingers forming a “V” for ...

Technically speaking, the aster family is a botanical crazy quilt of composite bloomers (plants whose inflorescences contain ...

Is this yellow aster? Several of my coneflowers just had brown cones; they didn’t bloom. Can I cut down the plants now or do ...