Following is an article by Dr. Larry Dossey, as posted on HuffingtonPost.com 08/12/09. I haven't researched the validity of it, but it makes sense to me. Just one more reason to get out and play in

Tillandsias are members of the bromeliad family and are fun and easy to grow. Commonly known as air plants, they are found from jungle to rain forest to arid deserts - from sea level to

Succulents have become all the rage recently and sedums are king when it comes to succulents. Sedums are commonly called stonecrops because many of the sedum species are found in the wild growing on rocky

Assorted Coneflowers It used to be that you could get Echinacea, or coneflower, in any color as long as it was purple. But those days are long gone as the plant breeders of

With Independence Day coming up on Thursday here are a few interesting facts about Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States. Courtesy Biography.com Did you

It's the season for vacations and that means decisions about what to do with your plants while you are gone. Outdoor plants are typically not a problem if you have an automatic sprinkler system, but

One of the joys of being a garden center owner is that I get to see all the cool new plants that come out each year. I've noticed, over the years, that plant breeders have

Lilies are one of my favorite perennial flowers. By choosing a combination of early, mid-season, and late-blooming varieties, you can have lilies in bloom from late June through early September.They have the appearance of being