The summer of 2025 is rainy and humid. Lawns are thriving, require frequent mowing, and are emerald green in mid-July. Weeds are growing prolifically, and one of my flower beds has a fine groundcover ...

With bold white trumpet-shaped blooms, crimson-eyed rose-mallow positively glows on wetland edges this time of year. The showy blooms, 4 to 7 inches across, can dominate a landscape in pink or white.

Since 1997, a shrubby perennial found only in East Texas has been on a waiting list to be officially declared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. A ...