These late-blooming perennials are a keystone plant, providing beauty and food. Learn where to best plant them and how to ...

The flowers are insect pollinated, and various thistle species are widely known as important food sources for butterflies, as ...

Asteraceae, a family of flowering plants, are the most diverse group of flowering plants in the world. This plant family ...

Last week, students and family members from Red Fox Community School participated in their annual Mountain Day hike at Merck ...

One day in early July, I was checking my flower garden and happened to notice this rather large plant growing among my other flowers. It didn’t look familiar to me, and I wasn’t quite sure whether it ...

Some local gardeners are gravitating toward native plants because they don’t consume as much water and help promote ...

Shrubs and trees are best planted in autumn and winter, giving them time to put down roots so they’re ready to cope with ...

Aster These star-shaped blooms take their name from the Greek word for "star," and in Greek mythology, they represented love ...

Come September, plants appear ready to bust free of their beds in landscaper James McCain’s garden.

SAUGUS — Town Hall had new flowers and landscaping done. Cesar’s Irrigation Landscape and Construction, Inc. helped to bring ...

As the height-of-summer floral abundance fades, goldenrods and asters fill the landscape with hits of yellow, purple, pink ...

Turtleheads were past their prime, their closed white flowers taking on imperfection as they wilted to yellow. Even the cranes calling from a distance sounded soft, uninspired. Their young have all ...