All week, we’re revisiting the most popular stories of 2025, including this one from July. A shade garden is a green and contemplative refuge. It can also be a botanical calendar, with flowers ...

On TikTok, a new wave of glossy plant videos promises midnight blue hostas, neon rainbow roses, and carnivorous curiosities that look ripped from a sci‑fi movie. The catch is that many of these plants ...

There are thousands of varieties of hosta — a leafy decorative plant that you’ve probably seen adorning outdoor spaces — being cultivated around the world, in a luxurious spread of colors, sizes, and ...

WEBSTER, N.Y. – Here’s an update to a News10NBC Fact Check from earlier this week about hosta seeds for sale online that promised to grow brightly colored variations of the plant. The fact check ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — If you’re holiday shopping for the green thumb in your life, you might be considering some seeds for their garden. On several online sites, you’ll find hosta seeds for sale but these ...

Hostas are among the most popular perennials for shade gardens. In fact, they are the most widely used ornamental perennials in all of the U.S. The reason? They are adaptable, durable, and one of the ...

WINNSBORO, S.C. — The S.C. Department of Environmental Services (SCDES) is asking the community to report sightings of an invasive plant from Brazil that’s banned in the U.S. Known as giant salvinia, ...

An illegal plant species has been spotted in a large South Carolina lake, sparking concerns about a potential invasion. There have been sightings of the invasive giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta) ...

Hostas covering the ground in a forest with a wooden pathway winding through the center - Mint Images/Getty Images There are 22 species of hostas, all of which are commonly used as ornamental foliage ...

* What it is: Arborvitae are the top-selling evergreens for tall privacy hedges, but one drawback is that they sometimes grow too fast and end up getting too big for the space without regular and ...

When we first moved into our old farmhouse many years ago, a tangle of daylilies and scraggly bushes and box elder trees surrounded the foundation. Visions of rhododendrons, snowball bushes, and ...

OK, gardeners, if you still have money in your plant budget or room on your credit card, the Friends of Manito have another wonderful plant shopping opportunity coming up Saturday. The group, often ...