While homeowners care for their cherished oaks and maples, killing a tree is the farthest thing from their minds. Even with the best intentions, tree trimming errors may be fatal for a tree, and we...

Try a pot or two of its hardier relatives, the Streptocarpus or cape primrose, if you like the beauty of African violets but find growing them a little too challenging. Streptocarpus plants are...

One of the most popular plant species produced inside is tropical plants. These lovely plants provide gardeners with intriguing and dynamic foliage that may brighten up even the most depressing...

A tree trunk is mainly composed of rings, one for each year of the tree's existence, as most Americans discover when they are young. Although science mostly concurs with this, it does not provide a...

The carnivorous plants known as sundews (Drosera spp.) have a cunning method of capturing their prey. Sticky pads on carnivorous sundew plants catch insects. The plants are very attractive, with...

One of the simpler plants to cultivate is a tillandsia, sometimes known as an air plant. They are ideal for beginning gardeners who wish to dabble with houseplants. Air plants are epiphytic plants...