Tour a private garden in Rappahannock County designed by a local native plant nursery to restore and preserve the natural ecosystem. Then visit a horticulturist in ...

Whether you’re landscaping your front or back yard with flowers, grasses, shrubs or trees, choosing native plants can have a positive impact on the ecosystem. Native plants and wildlife have an ...

Use these strategies for landscaping with natives to create a beautiful space that requires less care. Landscaping with native plants is catching on, and it’s easy to see why. Not only is using native ...

Shana Williams learns about microclimates and ecotype native plants with Steph of Green Steeze in Culpeper County. Peggy Singlemann visits Rappahannock County to meet ...

Framed by a fence clad in maypop vines, Anne Barnes’ Edwardian home in the Freret neighborhood gets a lot of attention from passersby. They usually don’t comment, though, on its herb garden or flower ...

The U.S. is a wildly diverse landscape. Consider how different the northern landscapes of Michigan and Minnesota are from the deserts of Texas and New Mexico, or the dense forests of the Northeast or ...

There might soon be more native California poppies, lupines and sunflowers popping up along streets and sidewalks in the region. The University of California, Davis, Department of Human Ecology has ...

With the arrival of autumn, many area green thumbs are busy removing spent plants and making plans for next year’s landscape. Local proprietors in the native landscaping business, however, would like ...

Native plants are uniquely suited for growing in Hawaii. Growing them can help you save water as well as support other species. Clockwise from top left: Ohia, alahaee, naio, alaala wai nui, pili, ...

Have you noticed the purple wisteria overwhelming trees along the roadsides? Chinese and Japanese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis and Wisteria floribunda) display pendulous racemes (clusters) of ...