In spring, the ornamental cherry trees on our streets and in our ... Compact cherries are super in well-drained containers. Place pieces of broken pot or stones in the base, plant with a loam-based ...

Groton — Rows of lettuce growing in a hydroponic system in a shipping container outside the school district's administration building will help provide students and the community with fresh food ...

The city of Newport News is having a Grow Your Own Food workshop, farmers market and container garden giveaway on Saturday at the Newport News Early Childhood Development Center. The workshop will ...

Dr. Elizabeth Houghton recently graduated from the Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science’s Department of Biology. Her latest ...

This fruit tree produces delicious berries, attracts birds, and performs equally well in hot and cold climates. Best of all, ...

M any gardeners with small yards might think that growing mulberries is not possible in confined or compact spaces. While it ...

Even if you’ve never set foot on Barbados, you can conjure up an image of it; its paradise-island status is so firmly embedded in the British imagination. Dreams of rum shacks under statuesque ...

a recycled oasis that’s fed by the water reclamation plant next door. Expect blooms here in the end of March and early April. Spend an afternoon underneath Torrance’s cherry blossoms as ...

Plant breeding is the production of plants by selective mating or hybridization. It is the traditional mechanism for producing new varieties of plants for horticulture and agriculture ...

The best time to visit Barbados is between July and November. Though these months fall within the Caribbean's hurricane season, hurricanes rarely hit the island, and you could attend one of the ...

The orange bird of paradise (Strelitzia reginae) is one of the most recognized tropical plants in our island plant palette.