It wouldn't be a stretch to say that if a garden can support coneflowers (Echinacea spp.), they're one of the top choices for planting. Rows of nodding, prickly brown heads surrounded by purple, pink, ...

Soon enough, leaves will begin to turn and gardens will take on the gold, orange, and red hues of fall. But that doesn't mean you have to say goodbye to one of the garden's most spectacular colors.

A poet is said to be someone who sees the world each day as if for the first time. I can vouch for this poetic feeling whenever I see certain plants, no matter how familiar they might be. At this time ...

Hello, this is Koharu.Today was a day off for the shop.When I was changing the water in the single-flower vase at the ...

Hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla) were first cultivated in Japan, and they're native to parts of Asia and the Americas. Nowadays, gardeners enjoy them on nearly all corners of the planet, and they're ...

From summer to autumn, the balloon flower blooms with blue-purple, star-shaped flowers.The flowers are beautiful, but please take a look at the buds before they open.They are round and plump.They look ...

Anthocyanins are major pigments responsible for the vivid colors of ornamental flowers. However, the metabolic origin of the precursor phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), which fuels anthocyanin biosynthesis ...