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MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice on blackberry lilies, grapes, lantana, Ti plants, St. Augustine grass, figs, onions ...

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These container-garden flowers and plants are popular with a wide range of bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, and other ...

Nature, art, and conservation collide in The Great Elephant Migration. The outdoor art exhibit is more than just a photo op.

A garden that blooms all year round is possible with the right selection of hardy, vibrant plants that offer continuous color ...

Nature, art, and conservation collide in The Great Elephant Migration. The outdoor art exhibit is more than just a photo op.

Some flowering plants just won’t quit! Discover gorgeous annuals, perennials, and vines to plant in spring for radiant blooms ...

It can be hard to pick from the many thousands of plants available, yet one species famed for being low-maintenance and high-impact is lantana. Indeed, learning how to grow lantana in pots is a ...

If you plant the right perennials that are native or just plants that thrive despite the weather and that are deer-proof, you ...

Discover Mealy Blue Sage, a low-maintenance, drought-tolerant plant ideal for West Texas gardens, attracting pollinators and ...

Eliot was speaking of human passions in his 1922 poem, and here on the South Coast, April can bring a similar sense of mixed ...