If you want to encourage more birds to spend time in your yard, planting flowers and shrubs that support them can help you accomplish that goal. Birds are often drawn to yards where plants provide ...

Q: Why are more fruits and flowers red, orange or yellow than blue? —Robert L. Morrison | Poughkeepsie, New York There is actually no true blue pigment in nature. A pigment creates color by absorbing ...

1 College of Landscape Architecture, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Hunan, Changsha, China 2 College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi, ...

Goldenrod (Solidago) is a striking California native perennial that’s easy to grow in sunny gardens. A member of the Asteraceae (sunflower) family, it is recognizable by its masses of bright yellow ...

In most circumstances, one shouldn't be too concerned with popularity. However, when it comes to how popular your garden is among the neighborhood pollinators, it pays to pander to others' tastes. For ...

It often happens that when a certain color combination appears in your garden, it is simultaneously found on a number of different plants. For me, at this time of the year, it’s orange and yellow. The ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – One of the rarest plants in the country is a bright yellow wildflower, which blooms in Ohio in May. Characterized by its singular yellow flower and leafless stalk, the lakeside ...

Rhett Boswell, a wildlife biologist in the Dixie National Forest, looked at the image on his screen, bemused. Reflected back was a pastoral picture of a meadow carpeted with tiny yellow flowers. In ...