Fans of HGTV's Joanna Gaines knows she loves planting colorful flowers. She was pleasantly surprised, as you will be, when ...

Zinnias grow quickly in the summer heat, sometimes taking less than two months from seed to flower. They also have a long ...

On his farm two hours north of Johannesburg, Nico Thuynsma gestured towards thousands of orange, yellow and pink proteas in ...

Provide good drainage and do not overwater. The airy lavender-blue blooms of pincushion flowers have long captivated gardeners—and butterflies. Plants bloom continuously from April until the ...

Many flower gardens are already in bloom, but these 7 perennials are a great way to ensure colorful blooms throughout the latter part of summer.

Apart from the King Protea, almost half of South Africa’s protea species face extinction because of pressures on their ...

Rocky View County officials are warning landowners to be on the lookout for a deceptively attractive but highly invasive plant threatening pastures and hay fields in the region’s northwest. Field ...

Cullinan, - On his farm two hours north of Johannesburg, Nico Thuynsma gestured towards thousands of orange, yellow and pink ...

(Secateurs are just too clumsy for this sort of fine snipping.) Astrantia major or pincushion flowers are lovely 65cm perennials that grow best in cold areas in soil that doesn’t dry out in summer.

Over in the All-Stars Garden, which features plants known to succeed in our area, a bank of lovely blue/purple pincushion flowers are highlighted against a grouping of sunny yellow yarrow.

Protea flower grower Nico Thuynsma cultivates the blooms north of Johannesburg, 1 500km from their natural home at the southern tip of Africa ...