Great blue lobelia, a flowering native that prefers moist soil, adds a calming blue hue to the late-summer garden

A simplified look at selecting plants for a rain garden

Pick the peppers and drink in the scent of lilies this month, while you mull over a mowing strip to make fall gardening easier

Stately New York ironweed attracts pollinators with its blooms at the end of summer and birds with its seeds in fall

Hummingbirds — unique to the Americas — zip through open landscapes seasonally or year-round. Here’s how to attract them

Stroll through the new Native Plant Garden with us to get great ideas for plant choices and sustainability

Bright white flowers with thin delicate petals grace this water-loving southern lily

Learn about natives that embrace some kinds of wildlife but resist grazing deer

This vigorous native ground cover welcomes bees with its early-blooming flowers and makes an attractive lawn alternative

A versatile native iris for bridging wet and dry gardens