One of the most popular food plants for butterfly enthusiasts is the passion vine. Not only does it attract butterflies, it also has exotic flowers that attract hummingbirds and pollinators. Passion ...

Ten years ago, my daughter Kristin, then just 7 years old, and I were exploring Strybing Arboretum, the famous botanical garden in San Francisco. There, on a back wall were several enormous passion ...

“Don’t judge a book by its cover” is an old adage that everybody understands to mean that the outer appearance of something may not be wholly indicative of what’s inside. This is absolutely true for ...

Quite a few years ago, I bought a passion flower at Country Market Nursery. Usually it flowers about once a year. During the warm months it sits on the railing of my deck in partial sun. I bring it ...

A garden with a range of plants, shrubs, and flowers - Tetra Images/david Engelhardt/Getty Images Let's face it, gardening is not always a budget-friendly hobby. From fertilizers to tree saplings to ...

January may not be a good “gardening month” in many people’s minds, but it can be a good time to start vegetable and flower seeds indoors. Seeding your own plants is an excellent way to ensure you ...

KAMPALA - “It is better to have 200 plants that you can ably irrigate than 760 plants that a farmer cannot sustain,” explained Bashir Mayiga and Charles Kiggundu, the trainers who facilitated the ...