Relaxing by the pool is most enjoyable when the poolside landscape is on point. The best plants to put around a pool are those with low maintenance needs, that doesn’t make a mess and can withstand ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For those of you who love growing flowers, consider planting some Amaryllis bulbs. Amaryllis bulbs produce colorful blooms in red, ...

Native plants are adapted to a specific area, according to McKernan. A native landscape has balance between the animals and plants, enabling them to co-exist. Once established, native plants often ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A colorful autumn flower bed - Andie_Alpion/Shutterstock As summer meanders to a close, you ...

Landscape designer Laurel Sears arranges a container for a client. Sears often changes the plants throughout the year so the color will change with the seasons. Pansies along with plants that creep ...

What’s your favorite color? My favorite color has always been green. I guess it figures, given my life-long interest in plants. But, if you ask me what my favorite color of flower is, I would say blue ...

The idea of restoring native ecosystems attracted Marc Pastorek’s interest in the 1990s, when he learned of the work of Drs. Charles Allen and Malcolm Vidrine. The two professors at Louisiana State ...