As I was watching a fresh newborn Gulf Fritillary swooping down to feed on Superbena Royale Plum Wine verbenas, I started thinking I wish everyone knew about these flowers grown by our grandparents.

Flowers: Not long ago, while strolling in Nahariya, Israel’s most northern coastal city, I came upon a plant with flowers that reminded me of the sort of image seen when looking into a kaleidoscope.

Most gardeners trust lavender and coneflowers to attract bees, but I've found that pollinators in my garden are making a beeline for one unexpected bloom: verbena. The low-maintenance perennial, ...

Colour has been described as a gardener’s trustiest tool and staunchest friend. So much can be achieved simply by using colour, to create a mood, make a garden feel more spacious or more intimate, and ...

Each year my color-design guru son orders plants for use at his client’s homes, shopping centers, apartment communities, and office complexes. Though he is now way better than his dad, I always ...

CHICO — One golden rule of gardening is that you don’t prune plants when they’re blooming. Park officials broke that rule recently at Verbena Fields nature park, but they did it for a good reason.

Tourists enjoy themselves in a verbena flower field in western coast economic zone in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 17, 2016. The verbena fields here, which cover an area of 130 mu ...