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

The aster flower has an interesting history and it belongs to the astonishing Asteraceae family which has a long list of unexpected plants. It is nonpoisonous and has been used for food and medicine.

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 ...

Throughout the spring, summer and fall, the plant world has treated us to a colorful array of flowers. In March, the flowers of the skunk cabbage were the first to bloom, and now, we have the fall ...

Thistles are a genus of plants that get a bad rap.

Nature is sending out the first hints of fall with rainy weather and cooler temperatures, a welcome change to the scorching heat of summer. Walking through the Brunswick Botanical Garden, I am ...

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 ...

In a two-part series 'Facing the heat', Onmanorama looks into protests against Kasaragod solar power plants,how companies ...

As a public service, the Herbarium offers free plant identifications. For more information, call 803-777-8175 or email [email protected].