Plants

Most true lilies are sun worshippers, but a meaningful number of species and hybrids have adapted to life beneath a woodland canopy or along the north side of a building, making shade gardening with lilies more achievable than many gardeners realize. Generally speaking, a lily described as shade tolerant still needs 3 to 4 hours … Read more

Lilies are among the most celebrated flowering bulbs in the world, with a cultivation history stretching back more than 4,000 years to the earliest known depictions of the Madonna Lily in ancient Mediterranean art. True lilies belong to the genus Lilium, distinguished by six petals and six anthers, and there are roughly 90 to 100 … Read more

Purple lilies bring a rich, regal presence to the garden, ranging from the softest pale lavender to deep, saturated eggplant and near-black plum tones. Purple is genuinely one of the rarer colors in the lily world, and most true purple-toned types are members of the Asiatic or Oriental divisions, or hybrids derived from crossing the … Read more

Cornflower is one of the most beloved wildflowers turned garden favorite, instantly recognizable for its vivid blue, fringed blossoms that once grew wild throughout European grain fields. A single plant typically reaches 12 to 36 inches in height, sending up slender, gray-green branching stems topped with flowerheads that measure roughly 1 to 1.5 inches across. … Read more

Orange lilies bring a bold, fiery presence to the garden, and for many people the color orange is the very first thing that comes to mind when picturing a classic lily bloom. Most orange lily types grow from bulbs planted 6 to 10 inches deep and send up a single upright stem reaching anywhere from … Read more

Red lilies bring a bold, dramatic energy to the garden that few other flowering bulbs can match, ranging from fiery orange-red to deep, near-black maroon tones. Most red lily types grow from bulbs planted 6 to 10 inches deep and send up a single upright stem that reaches anywhere from 18 inches to over 6 … Read more

Lilium is a genus of about 100 species of bulbous, herbaceous perennials native to Europe, North America and Asia south [Source: University of Missouri]. Lilies usually feature 6-tepaled flowers in a variety of shapes (trumpet, funnel, cup, bell, bowl or flat), sometimes nodding, sometimes with reflexed petals. White lilies are among the most enduring symbols of … Read more

Cilantro is the fresh leaf form of the coriander plant — one of the most widely consumed fresh herbs in the world by volume — used as a primary flavoring and garnishing herb across Mexican, Latin American, Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Middle Eastern, and North African cuisines where its bright, citrusy, complex, slightly soapy aromatic … Read more

Tulips are among the most beloved and widely recognized flowering bulbs in the world, producing elegant, cup-shaped flowers in virtually every color of the spectrum across thousands of named varieties developed over centuries of intensive horticultural breeding. Native to the mountainous regions of Central Asia — particularly the Tian Shan and Pamir Alai ranges of … Read more

Nitrogen-fixing trees are woody plants capable of forming symbiotic relationships with soil bacteria — primarily Rhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, Mesorhizobium, and Frankia species — that colonize their roots and convert atmospheric nitrogen gas into ammonia, a biologically available form that plants can use directly for growth. This process, known as biological nitrogen fixation (BNF), bypasses the need … Read more