With extended droughts, wildfires, and extreme heat, choosing landscape plants in California can be a challenge. When you use native California plants, you can be sure they’ll survive your local ...

Rambling roses can be pruned in summer, as soon as they have finished flowering, however sometimes it's easier to wait until autumn or winter, so you can see what you're doing more clearly, once the ...

It spends huge amounts of energy preparing to flower. And when it does, it's spectacular. Its huge flowering structure (the spadix) can be up to three metres in height and one to two metres across, ...

And when it does, it’s spectacular. Its huge flowering structure (the spadix) can be up to three metres in height and one to two metres across, which is why it has the wonderfully apt Latin name ...

Trim them back to encourage new growth. One of the best flowering groundcovers, these are perennials but often grown as annuals. They flower prolifically in the warmer months, producing masses ...

Here, I reveal what the experts have nominated as their favorite longest-flowering perennials. Perennial varieties of salvia have long-lasting blooms that flower all summer long in US hardiness zone 4 ...

Forty-five per cent of the world's known flowering plants could be threatened by extinction, scientists have warned. Those under threat include orchids, varieties of pineapple, and many important ...

Whether you are redesigning your backyard from scratch or simply want to introduce some screening for privacy or shade, it's vital to include some of the best evergreen climbers. Perfect for covering ...