A popular choice for pollinator beds, blue cardinal flower (Lobelia siphilitica) attracts bees, butterflies and numerous other beneficial species.Large plants that reach 4f. (1.2m) at maturity ...

Native insects have evolved along with native plants, so they recognize them as food. Filling a garden with exotic plants ...

It's not enough, in these days of climate change and population explosion, to just have a garden of pretty shrubs and flowers and leave it at that. Today's gardens are important environmental ...

October is Native Plant Month in Florida. Here's how you can use native plants in your yard for year-round enjoyment. ... they should not need supplemental water to grow and flower.

Partners of the initiative aim to collect and preserve populations of Florida’s native plants. Florida Plant Rescue pays partners $3,000 per collection, part of which goes toward a seed spa session.

The bright blue flowers of Lobelia siphilitica brighten many perennial beds from July to late September or early October. This hardy native is a clump-forming perennial that sends up a stiff ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) — San Diego has a new official flower, following the City Council's unanimous vote Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with the native western blue-eyed grass.