When selecting plants for an outdoor space, it’s easy to let your eyes do the picking. While pots of bold, colorful flowers ...

Not many flowers have the power to infuse a whole garden with fragrant smells. Some never had the ability, while others lost ...

The colour purple comprises two primary colours, blue and red. It is associated throughout the ages with royalty, wisdom, ...

Want to add more color to your landscape this season? Start by incorporating one or more of these stunning landscaping plants ...

Azure —A French girl’s name meaning “sky blue.” Cerulean — This boy’s name means “deep sky-blue.” The color played an ...

Thanks to additions during the glassmaking process, cadmium, vaseline, lead crystal, manganese, selenium, and custard glass ...

Custard glass is a type of uranium glass with a more opaque, whitish tint. While there are many manufacturers of custard glass, the most famous was produced by Fenton Art Glass Company in the mid ...

Texas lilac, also known as chaste tree (Vitex), is a beautiful specimen with purple flowers that bloom in midsummer, imparting a delightful scent that wafts through gardens in zones 6-9.

Other lilac varieties that stand out for their scent include Syringa x Josee (zones 2- or 3-9), Syringa vulgaris Krasavitsa Moskvy, also known as Beauty of Moscow (3-7), and Syringa vulgaris ...

Texas lilac, also known as chaste tree (Vitex), is a beautiful specimen with purple flowers that bloom in midsummer, imparting a delightful scent that wafts through gardens in zones 6-9.

Magnolia, especially the southern grandiflora species (7-9), is another highly aromatic shrub or tree that puts forth large, sweetly fragranced flowers you’re not likely to forget. The more cold-hardy ...