And like clothes, plants need cachet to capture the audience. Here are some new plants preferred by Claudia Groth, an Oregon State University Extension Service master gardener for more than 25 years.

Adding edible flowers is a great way to decorate your meals. They can be hard to find in stores, but some edible flowers you ...

While verbena can be grown from seed, with six-packs and 4-inch pots available everywhere, it's easier to transplant seedlings already in bloom. And thanks to breeders, flower color choices are almost ...

In fact, the LSU AgCenter has selected Homestead Purple verbena as one of the very best, naming it a "Louisiana Super Plant" for fall 2015. Garden verbenas are divided into two basic categories ...

Homestead Purple verbena is considered one of the very best, and it has been selected as a Louisiana Super Plant for fall 2015. ... They produce showy flowers and are suitable for planting in gardens.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Fields of purple verbena have filled my garden since early summer - intertwining with perennials, mingling in with the annuals. These hardy volunteers of the verbena plants I ...

This Edible Purple Flower Embellishes Bay Area Dishes in the Best Way. Bachelor’s button, a purple-blue flower grown in the Bay Area, is the eye-catching, trendy addition to dishes this summer.

One of the must-have garden plants of recent years, the purple-top verbena gets it common name from the small cushions of purple flowers carried at the top of its tall, rigid stems. These stems ...