Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ruby-throated hummingbird flying in front of garden - Dansphotoart On Flickr/Getty Images Hummingbirds are voracious eaters who ...

Want to attract more hummingbirds and other pollinators to your yard? The popular pollinators depend on visual cues, like abundant blooms, size, and color, to find the nectar that makes up their diet, ...

Shrubs that will keep your front yard fresh and striking all year round ...

If you kept goats in Crete or Cyprus, chances are your animals browsed on common native shrubs called cistus. These are to the Mediterranean what sagebrush is to the American West, and thus share some ...

It may not always bloom profusely, but sweet pea shrub, Polygala fruticosa, blooms sporadically through most of the year. Even when not much color is evident from a distance, a few flowers can likely ...

Also in bloom is the most fragrant of flowering shrubs, winter sweet. This little used and little known plant is delightful. A native of China, its true name is Chimonanthus praecox, but it often has ...

Fragrant jasmine plants add a certain kind of magic to a balcony garden. The white flowers and the fragrance of jasmine plants are enough to convert the smallest balcony garden into a peaceful haven.

What I love most about this time of year – and unlike many people, I do love February because it is so full of hope and promise – is the way that spring begins to manifest itself in tiny hints and ...