Praying mantis and lacewing eggs turned a routine spring cleanup into a reminder of what native plants can support.

The summer planting season is here. Friends of the Rouge joins Good Day to talk about the importance of adding native plants ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A recent article about forsaking forsythia for spicebush prompted this question from reader Jay in Lakewood: “What, if any, native shrubs or small trees are okay to plant near a ...

Caterpillars provide more energy from plants to animals than any other insect. Our native solitary bees pollinate native ...

Support a wide range of pollinators and songbirds with buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) which is native to much of ...

Traditional lawns can be expensive and time-consuming to maintain.

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Native bushes are a great alternative to exotic invasive hedgerows. These shrubs are experienced survivalists, as long as we plant them in a spot where they would naturally thrive without human ...

It is commonly believed that invasive plants arrive in the United States accidentally; a study by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden showed that this is not so. The study found that half of the worst ...

Here are a few of the many North American shrubs you may want to include in your landscape. As always, make sure each is suitable for the growing conditions, hardy for your location and will fit the ...