Are you are confused by plant catalogues or magazine articles using different climate zone maps to describe the appropriate environment for particular plants? You are not alone. The two primary ...

Winter is a great time to get to know the many places where you can acquire plants. · Local plant suppliers. At garden centers, nurseries, home-improvement warehouses and some hardware stores, you can ...

Early in November the first seed catalogue arrived, from Plant World Seeds in England. It’s a good source for rare and unusual plants. From mid-November through early December more packages of ...

Four of the world's leading botanical institutions have started a catalogue of every plant on the globe, with plans to make the inventory of at least 400,000 species available for free online by 2020.

Plants are a lot like us. They need to be grounded with proper nourishment, air, room to grow, friends and protection. When a plant is happy, it shows in the color and texture of its leaves and bark, ...

For years, I had seen bells of Ireland in seed and plant catalogues — at least before plant catalogues, much like daily newspapers, became an endangered species. Every time I saw its picture, I ...

One of the joys of winter is when the seed and plant catalogues arrive in the mail. Warm memories of spring and summer jump from the glossy pictures of plump vegetables and colorful flowers. The ...

I am a great one for telling people that 'size isn't everything' but, looking through the various plant catalogues that regularly hit the door mat, it would appear that I am wrong for most of them ...