Hostas are shade-tolerant perennials prized for their distinctive foliage, impressive variety, and ability to bring color and texture to areas of the garden where many flowering plants struggle. Depending on the cultivar, leaves may be green, blue-green, gold, chartreuse, or

The Caribbean is home to an extraordinary diversity of tropical flowers, and many countries and territories in the region have adopted flowers as national or territorial symbols. From Jamaica’s lignum vitae and Barbados’ Pride of Barbados to Trinidad and Tobago’s

Succulents include some of the most unusual plants in the world, from stone-like Lithops and translucent haworthias to spiral aloes, crested cacti, and plants with swollen stems adapted for storing water. Their remarkable shapes, colors, and survival strategies have made

Summer-blooming flowers can keep gardens colorful after many spring plants have finished flowering. Depending on your climate and growing conditions, summer displays can include fast-growing annuals, long-lived perennials, flowering bulbs, and shrubs that bloom from early summer into fall. Choosing

Spring flowers bring some of the first major bursts of color to gardens after winter, but exactly when they bloom depends on the plant, climate, and local growing conditions. Early bloomers such as snowdrops and crocuses may appear while temperatures