Hummingbirds — unique to the Americas — zip through open landscapes seasonally or year-round. Here’s how to attract them

Take a bright container, add a colorful succulent or two and have a professional, summery design in minutes

The simple, honest daisy is this writer’s go-to garden flower. We want to hear which plant, flowering or otherwise, gives you special joy

Be kind to your fair feathered friends during lean food times by planting a shrub or tree loaded with nutritious snacks

Bees and butterflies and color, oh my! This cheery native perennial will energize your landscape

Attract these beautiful songbirds with nesting habitat and food sources, including berry-producing trees and shrubs

Dark garden corners don't have to mean deep, monochromatic color. Gold plants brighten the landscape with shots of luminosity

Readily available, beautiful and fragrant, apple trees offer four-season interest along with crisp, juicy fruit

Grass-like beargrass with its curlicue tips adds lovely texture to drought-tolerant Southwest gardens

Plant downy arrowwood in eastern and midwestern U.S. gardens for spring color in the shade and bright red fall foliage