Low-growing perennials cover soil, prevent erosion and provide pretty foliage and flowers. Garden experts share their ...

Invasive plants are those that quickly take over your backyard ... Originally planted for its mass of purple and white flower spikes made up of tiny, fragrant flowers, deciduous shrub buddleia, or ...

at which point the bottlebrush spike is distinctive. Venation on leaves of small plants can look almost like a young dogwood or basil plant. Other look-alikes include: Devil’s horsewhip (Achyranthes ...

You’ll seldom go wrong if you grow plants native ... is toxic to small pets like dogs, cats, and rabbits, and larger animals like cattle, sheep, and horses. Although not invasive or harmful ...

Lesser celandine is an invasive plant because it reproduces rapidly through underground tubers and forms a forest blanket, suppressing other native plants. If you have a small infestation ...

And so many of these wild plants are ... other "weeds," spiked speedwell might but just the garden plant you're looking for.

From a flower which resembles ... from its blood-red spikes. A perennial plant, Japanese bloodgrass is popular with gardeners for its bold colour. But beware: though, any variety of cogon grass ...

"They're little Draculas ... energy the plants need to survive the winter. The bugs can grow up to an inch long and a half-inch wide and are usually marked by patches of red and black.

Lion’s ear–sometimes called lion’s tail–is known to science as Leonotis nepetifolia and is invasive ... its spiky seed heads discourage grazing and activity that would knock the plants ...

An African native low-growing perennial, the ice plant stands out for its succulent-type leaves with tiny hairs ... veins that produce vibrant pink flower spikes starting in the summer through ...