-- Dear Harvey: I have seen this pink flowering plant everywhere. Is it a weed or a wildflower and can I grow it in my own garden? Thank you. – Bonnie S. I love the question is it a “weed or a ...

The National Audubon Society’s “Wildflowers of North America” (Knopf, 2023) is a tour de force in the realm of plant guides. Full-page profiles of more than 850 species are included, each of which ...

The research, involving primroses and hawk moths, suggests that air pollution could be interfering with plant reproduction. A white-lined sphinx pollinating a pale evening primrose flower.Credit...Ron ...

Q: My son gave me a plant called evening primrose this past spring. He got it from a neighbor. It blooms yellow over about 6 weeks, but each flower only lasts one evening and then dies. Hummingbird ...

First came the heavy winter rains that soaked the soil. Then, the sunny weather — not too hot, but just warm enough to fuel the growth. A few more winter rainfalls and Southern California could be ...

I am very curious about the pink-flowering wildflower growing along the roadsides, especially I-565 and I-65, this spring. Can you tell me what it is and where I might find some plants for my garden?

Imagine a bleak, chilly day. Now imagine a bouquet of cheery, cool-season blooms. Pansies. Perhaps petunias. But don't forget primroses. The name primrose is derived, in part, from the Latin primus, ...

Monty Don has finally named the one woodland primrose that, for him, beats every other bloom. But UK gardeners have only a tight early-spring window to plant it if they want his hazel-green carpet of ...

First came the heavy winter rains that soaked the soil. Then, the sunny weather — not too hot, but just warm enough to fuel the growth. A few more winter rainfalls and Southern California could be ...