Q: I am writing to ask your help in identifying a rosy purple violet that has been spreading rampantly for years through my garden, and in many others in my north-end neighborhood. This scentless ...

Purple coneflowers are a favorite among many gardeners. Known botanically as Echinacea purpurea, this North American native perennial produces colorful magenta blooms in late summer and is a butterfly ...

If you want to create a haven for bright and colorful birds to roam your yard, you may want to start incorporating bright purple flowers to draw them in further. Unlike humans, birds have four color ...

Violets Part 2. Read Part 1 here. I thought that writing about violets would be a simple thing to do; everyone “knows” what they look like, they are “blue or purple and have heart-shaped leaves,” but ...

Few pieces of reading material can fuel ambition like a seed catalog. They arrive in the mail during the darkest days of the year, offering warm hopes and delicious dreams of lush vegetation and tasty ...

The violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) is a rare and exotic-looking bee that can grow up to 3cm. It has a striking ...

Among nature's truths is that the tiniest of things can have a significant role. The dynamic plays out in the connectedness of Minnesota's prairie habitat, so reliant on a web of wildflowers, grasses ...