Converting a turf area to a native wildflower mini-meadow is a great way to reduce long-term maintenance costs. Wildflowers require much less mowing and watering. They need little or no fertilizers ...

Pollinators are declining rapidly, largely due to land conversion and intensification of agriculture. To mitigate their crisis, low-disturbance habitats, such as sown wildflower plantings, could ...

As I write this in the first week of May, we are celebrating National Wildflower Week, a time to celebrate the spring abundance of colorful yet ephemeral blazes of color throughout the region. In our ...

The secret is all in the planning. Wildflowers can bring brilliant blooms to your garden while attracting pollinators like bees, butterflies, and other wildlife. If you want a low-maintenance, ...

You can hardly miss the yellow flowers of coreopsis lanceolata along highways in the summer, so it’s easy to see why this is the state wildflower of Mississippi. Several species of the plant fall ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. I grew up in salmon country, and quickly developed a ...

NASA has awarded Austin’s Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center a grant to create a native plant landscape master plan at the Johnson Space Center. Beginning in September, JSC will be a test site for a ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- A dazzling array of colors, leaves and blooms greets hikers following the Wildflower Trail at Snow Mountain Ranch near Cowiche northwest of Yakima. Former Cowiche Canyon Conservancy ...