Native shrubs offer many benefits to the home landscape. Their value to wildlife and general ease of care are becoming better ...

"When this was first brought over in the early 1900s, the only thing we knew about it was that it smelled wonderful." Expert ...

A bee lands on a flower at at Billings Farm in Woodstock on Sept. 21, 2024. File photo by Taylor Haynes/VTDigger. Pollinators play a substantial role in Vermont, with 60% to 80% of the state’s ...

Parren sent the photo to her colleague Grace Glynn, Vermont’s state botanist. “I saw this other plant in the foreground, this tiny, little plant that had a much different color.” Glynn told CNN.

A noted horticulturist at Georgia State University, Allen Artimage, calls the trumpet honeysuckle the best of the native honeysuckles. I would go even further and say that it is one ...

This native columbine is one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring, providing a crucial early-season nectar source for migrating hummingbirds. “Its bicolored blooms and rich nectar are ...

Some plants she uses include Culver’s root, butterfly weed, mountain mint and bee balm — all native to Vermont. Parker-Dickinson said there are 45 million acres of lawn in the U.S.