The native plant movement gets a lot right, but there’s so much more to consider. A field of Phacelia blooming on the property of Douglas Tallamy.Credit...Balarama Heller for The New York Times ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- As difficult as the recent winter storm was, winter is when Northeast Ohio gardeners do some of their best planning. With beds dormant and snow covering the ground, it is the ...

California native plants tend to be more modest than their hyper-gaudy non-native cousins more readily available on nursery shelves. Many California native plants also go dormant in the summer, which ...

Virginia Rettig’s garden is her passion. The 60-foot-by-100-foot plot on her Cape May property boasts about 200 varieties of ...

Many gardeners understand the ecological importance of native plants, which are those plants that occur naturally in a geographic area, and have evolved over thousands of years, shaped by local ...

I love what Xilin Zhang is doing by turning her lawn into a native plant garden in New Hyde Park [“On LI, native gardens grow despite hurdles,” News, July 21]. But I am outraged the village threatened ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. If you are looking for an aesthetically pleasing, ...

Local author Barbara Sullivan's garden, featuring native and adapted non-native plants, is part of the Native Garden Tours. Sullivan's garden incorporates established native trees and a variety of ...

There's a growing number of gardeners across the country who are cultivating native plants in their lawns and flowerbeds. Native gardens help reduce air pollution and support biodiversity and wildlife ...