Pollinator populations are declining in North America due to loss of habitat, harmful pesticide usage, and climate change. This means more than just less bees in the world; pollination is essential ...

Give your garden a head start on summer with rare blue blooms that look almost too vivid to be real – all grown easily from ...

What’s your favorite color? My favorite color has always been green. I guess it figures, given my life-long interest in plants. But, if you ask me what my favorite color of flower is, I would say blue ...

In May, when my new, blue butterfly bush started to bloom, I realized it could be the focal point for a patriotic garden. It also was the season for patriotic sentiments with Memorial Day, Flag Day ...

Blue is a colour that comes in many different shades, and can complement just about any home garden. Here are five "stunning" ...

I know there isn't such a botanical category as "blue shade," that is, plants that add the color blue to shady spots in our gardens, but there should be. Everyone has shade, and blue is one of the ...

Beautiful and fragrant blue petunias get their unusual color from a molecular defect in the system that controls the acidity of the plants' cells. A new study reveals this defect in full, solving the ...

Many gardeners already know to plant blue flowers in their gardens to bring in bumblebees. But scientists have found a new set of bee-friendly plants which have a special glow we cannot see. These ...

Blue flowers are rare in nature, and for good reason: the color is usually the result of mutations and quirks of acidity levels rather than an actual blue pigment. That makes genetically engineering a ...

If you're hoping for a vibrant garden with lots of blooms this spring, you can prune these 10 plants as early as February. Here's how it makes a difference.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Beautiful and fragrant blue petunias get their unusual color from a molecular defect in the ...