If you want to attract monarch butterflies to your garden, grow a gorgeous purple flowering tree that's commonly known as ...

Many gardeners plant perennials in the fall, as it's a great time to add some dormant plants to the garden. You can plant ...

Q: I have nine pots of what I’m pretty sure is purple heart (wandering dude) on my apartment balcony. They came from a bed in my sister’s front yard. What’s the best approach for their cold weather ...

Some foliage plants surprise in spring rather than fall. Siberian bugloss (Brunnera), for instance, is beloved for its ...

These trees (along with some shrubs and vines ... to help encourage new growth and healthy flowering. The bushy purple flowers on the butterfly bush attract pollinators and other beneficial ...

During spring, they bloom two-lipped, purple flowers that fade to release seeds in early summer. They're common in disturbed garden soils or mulched tree beds and have escaped into natural areas ...

While many ground cover plants need full sun to thrive, this one does well in areas with lots of shady trees, and it blooms ...

and purple flowers. The backs of these plants peel throughout the seasons, giving the tree a dappled appearance. Crape myrtle roots won’t jeopardize structures or even sidewalks, so you can ...

Long gone are the days when everyone ‘put the garden to bed’ in November, and rightly so, for winter can be glorious ...

followed by edible purple-black berries in summer. Plant it in full sun to part shade in zones 4-9.Flowering dogwood (Cornus ...

Q. Can you tell me what could have made lumps on the trunk of a tree my wife and I found in the Smokies? The lumps range from ...

Danebank Anglican School for Girls in Hurstville contributed poems to the Herald's poetry prize which they wrote under the ...