Heather (Calluna vulgaris) is a low-growing shrub that can also be used as a groundcover. An easy-going flower that looks beautiful in container gardens, heather is known for holding its leaves and ...

Heather is a compact evergreen perennial that’s often overlooked, but it deserves a place in your garden for its unique beauty and hardiness. It’s easy to grow, works with a multiple of garden styles, ...

Researchers have found that heather has an important role to play in keeping carbon locked in the earth. The findings show that the type of plants growing on the surface of our peaty moorlands can ...

Some people launch into a crazy new diet each spring, knowing full well that fad diets are full of empty promises and that the weight loss, though dramatic, doesn’t last through summer. We know these ...

Gardening is in full swing and if you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU Extension faculty and Master ...

Growth habit: A rounded evergreen perennial growing to a foot tall and wide. The leaves are medium to dark green, elliptic in shape and growing to 1 inch long and half as wide. Light: Plant in full ...

MINSK, 22 October (BelTA) - The results of the Plant of the Year 2026 competition were announced in Belarus on 21 October, BelTA learned from the Kuprevich Institute of Experimental Botany of the ...