Calliandra (haematocephala) species contains more than 150 different kinds of shrubs and small trees, all shapes and sizes. This group of plants is greatly appreciated in southwest Florida because ...

THEY are still only saplings, hiding in the marshy long grass in Uvongo’s Biddy Taylor Park but the four newly planted Barringtonia racemosa will be quite a sight when they grow up. YOU MIGHT ALSO BE ...

Twenty years ago, I’d have hesitated to encourage gardeners throughout Central Florida to install red powderpuff, an extra-large shrub from Bolivia. That’s because this cool-season bloomer is ...

Question: We have a hedge that has red puffball blooms. This year, for the first time, we have a single white bloom among the red. It’s quite unusual. I have attached pictures. Can you explain this? — ...

China's largest natural powder-puff tree forest was discovered recently in Suixi county in the western part of Guangdong province. [Photo by Guo Longbi/for chinadaily.com.cn] The distinctively shaped ...