Botany for Gardeners: The Stem-Modifications
Karen Most stems grow up from the root and aid the plant by holding up the leaves and flowers, carrying water and food between the root and upper parts of the…
Name This Plant Game: House Plants 2
Chuck This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…
Understanding Tender Perennials
Some of our most useful plants in the summer garden are tender perennials. Many of them provide abundant color for a long period of time but unfortunately they die when…
Top Twelve Summer Flowering Bulbs
As spring approaches many stores are carrying a variety of summer flowering bulbs. Many of them are not bulbs at all but have parts that resemble them called corms, rhizomes,…