Welcome!! This is the first episode of Nature Quest, a monthly Short Wave segment that answers listener questions about your ...

Get the jump on the growing season this year with these pretty early spring flowers that just can’t wait for warm weather. Because these perennial flowers, trees and shrubs are the first to unfurl ...

These Iconic Plants Are Suited To Our Climate, Making Them Perfectly At Home Here.

The North Hollywood weather station — which is closer to my residence than any of the other 273 such stations throughout ...

Few spring scenes are as spectacular as the annual display provided by dogwood trees in the Ozark woodlands. Inconspicuous for most of the year, these diminutive denizens of our forests outdo their ...

We continue our April focus on trees with some excellent flowering options and the right places to plant them.

From camellias to roses, you can boost your home's value by growing these beautiful front yard plants and blooms.

Backpacking from Mexico to Oregon on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1985, we passed through fields of flowers. Splashes of cactus ...

April, if you haven’t been out, you’ve already missed out on seeing some of the early bird ephemerals in full bloom.

Locally grown annuals and winter-hardy perennials will be for sale from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. May 16 and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 17 at the corner of Main and Vine streets in West Bend. Perennials in gallon ...

The 360-acre Branch Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey, was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and has 1,500 more cherry trees ...

One of the best things about living in Athens is the proximity to so many Greek islands. Some are so close you can hop over ...