Despite its name, the annual African daisy has cool season qualities and will give your garden a colorful boost. African ...

African violets are one of the most popular houseplants because of their diverse colors and easy culture. However, like other flowering houseplants, they are not problem-free. Not flowering. This is a ...

This year’s show, themed “Violets Light Up Broadway,” will feature America’s favorite houseplants—African violets—in horticulture form and flower arrangements, displayed in the spirit of Broadway. Don ...

Those of us who scour the globe for new plants for the garden — whether collecting seeds while dangling from a Himalayan cliff or cruising the pages of a favorite mail-order catalog — are always ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Fruit. Although kiwi vines generally need a colder winter than Southern California’s in order to flower and fruit, the Fuzzy Jenny variety needs only 100 ...

Anne-Marie Urukundo, the African Communities Coordinator for Outgrowing Hunger, clears brush and tills land at a garden project for African refugee growers in May 2023. On a warm May morning, in a big ...

I am curator of the Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden (SUBG). Established in 1902, it is the oldest university botanical garden in South Africa, and may be the smallest at just 1.7 hectares ...