Nonnative plants that have been introduced to the region might seem as if they belong here because they have thrived for many years, but they aren't what nature intended. Concern about these plants is ...

Today’s episode of “Matt About Town” explores the Smithsonian Gardens Botany Research Greenhouse, filled with rare plants ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like all plants, the locally native flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) varies slightly across its native range. A plant from one ...

There can be an unfortunate side to having cool plants. Sometimes people want to steal them. At least, that’s been the case for Mark Hanson, who collects and grows rarities for his one-man business, ...

If you have little interest in garden design and just want to decorate your yard with plants that have exotic looks, you can do that by focusing entirely on two botanical genera: Euphorbia and ...

These exotic plants will brighten any corner of your property and with the right care, will last for a long time. Even though many of them originated in countries on the other side of the world, they ...

Whenever I visit Worldwide Exotics Nursery, I see something I’ve never seen before. It’s a nursery with lots of unusual selections and many of them appeal to the “I gotta have one” mentality of the ...

In this edition of One Tank Trips, Action News photojournalist Dave Edwards takes us to a floral wonderland in Montgomery County. Ott's Exotic Plants in Schwenksville has transformed its grounds into ...

Whenever I visit Worldwide Exotics Nursery, I see something I’ve never seen before. It’s a nursery with lots of unusual selections and many of them appeal to the “I gotta have one” mentality of the ...

The fastest way to turn a room of typically demure, considerate, and thoughtful gardeners into an "Animal House" inspired food fight is to raise the topic of native and exotic plants. Former ...