Want the most bang for your buck in the container garden? The hundreds of varieties of coleus—with leaves from solid ...

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It’s officially spring, which means I’m starting to think about what to plant in the garden. Coleus is one of my favorite ...

A deep red rose in Barbra Streisand's garden produced a new, gorgeous pink variety: Barbra's Baby. You can buy it now.

These cool cultivars are easy to grow in the ground or containers, will grow in sun or shade, and are easy to propagate, too.

And what a bloom it is! The five-petaled red flowers can grow to enormous size. One species features blooms that can measure up to 3 feet across, roughly the same length as a golf club. But before you ...

You're better off not planting it near your house. When it comes to arborvitae, stay away from placing privacy screening plants like 'Green Giant'. Before you know it, this tree will grow taller than ...

De-extinction — the science of resurrecting extinct species — is progressing in leaps and bounds. Here are six creatures that researchers could bring back to life.

Many dogwood varieties don’t need sun and will tolerate partial- to full-shade conditions. One spectacular species to try is Cornus florida, a tree with reddish-purple fall color surpassed only by its ...

A squat lobster discovered near Easter Island, one of the many newly identified species by the Ocean Census Gallardo / The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census Scientists have identified 866 new ...