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

Invasive plants can displace native species, disrupt the food chain, and result in a loss of revenue from timber sales by reducing forest regeneration, according to Vermont Fish and Wildlife.

"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 ...

Shrub or Bush Honeysuckles -- in contrast to our native twining vine honeysuckles -- are Asian species. Japanese Honeysuckle is a climbing vine brought from Japan in 1806 for use as ground cover.

Known for its striking two-inch scarlet-red to orange-red trumpet-shaped flowers and dark green foliage, coral honeysuckle is a beautiful vine that's a perfect addition to an arbor or a fence. It h… ...

Summer is here, and trumpets are declaring it, but these trumpets aren’t blaring, they’re glaring. These trumpets are some of my favorite summer flowers, along with bell-shaped flowers.… ...

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 ...