Many gardeners find it a challenge identifying plants for wet soil. Most plots have dank, wet spots where water tends to sit, brooks overflow, springs discharge or there is a naturally high water ...

Can You Grow Flowers Underwater? Flowering plants that grow in water, also known as aquatic flowering plants or water flowers, add a touch of beauty and elegance to ponds, water gardens, and indoor ...

One cost of the bitter cold may not show up until Spring -- and involves your plants. With the mild winters we've had, garden centers say people have put in more "marginal" shrubs -- varieties that ...

STEPHEN RYAN: I've got something to show you. This is my bog garden, or at least it was. I had a dysfunctional septic system and the storm water runs through here. But after 10 years of drought, by ...

This handsome marginal plant from Asia is a splendid sight at the water's edge when grown in groups of 6-10 plants. It is sometimes known as the water gladiolus because of the attractive bi-coloured ...

Land unfit for food crops can be prime real estate for biofuel plants—and could produce an estimated 5.5 billion gallons of ethanol in the Midwest alone. In the current issue of Nature, a team of ...

Life (as far as we know) started in water and is still very much dependent upon it. Find out about the animals and plants that rely on ponds, the history and key features of this habitat, and why we ...