Coneflowers are fairly deer-resistant plants. While no plant is completely deer-proof, because deer will wreck any greenery if they're hungry, the purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is classified ...

In the fall, the number of birds visiting your yard and garden may drop. During this season, when food is scarce, use these ...

Sedum is a great ground cover to include in your garden if you live in a dry, sunny area. Here are some other plants and ...

The Echinacea plant doesn’t produce a large amount of heads ... This trait makes it easy to survey and cover large areas of prairie, along with its purple color. A prairie is a habitat dominated by ...

Allowing the dried seed heads of plants like purple coneflower (Echinacea), black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia), anise hyssop (Agastache), goldenrod (Solidago) and others to stand all winter will provide ...

Always plan your garden utilizing plants that will thrive in your area, considering both the planting region and your ...

The UK purple sprouting broccoli season runs from January to May. Modern hybrids are bred to extend the season, but they tend to be tough and tasteless. Purple sprouting broccoli should look fresh ...

Using lavender, trees, lakes and swirling paths, Halim Zukic, a businessman in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has replicated one of ...

Instead of cutting every perennial to ground level before the first frost, gardeners are now being selective. Allowing the dried seed heads of plants like purple coneflower (Echinacea), black-eyed ...

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Senior Editor: Jun Lyu, PhD, Springer Nature, China. Before joining Nature Plants in 2014, Jun received his PhD from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied ...

A frost advisory has been issued for the City of Toronto ahead of temperatures that could flirt with the freezing mark in the ...