Avoid deadheading the spent blooms of coneflowers, as these provide seeds in the colder months. Coneflower seeds are a vital ...

Passion flower, Passiflora species, has the most unusual flower in my garden. Four to 7 inches in diameter, this showy, bright purple, prolific bloomer fascinates most visitors who have never seen so ...

One of the most popular food plants for butterfly enthusiasts is the passion vine. Not only does it attract butterflies, it also has exotic flowers that attract hummingbirds and pollinators. Passion ...

There are two native passion flowers in Missouri. Both are plants that vine, and both have three-lobed leaves. The one most people know is the larger and more colorful purple passion flower. The one ...

There’s nothing pale about lavender’s therapeutic powers. This shrub grows spikes of small white, blue or purple flowers that are specially treated to extract what’s known by aromatherapists as its ...

I first met the passionflower in the alley behind my home where this vine sprang from a crack in the asphalt. I would later discover that they bloom prodigiously in almost any soil despite heat and ...