Whenever I visit Worldwide Exotics Nursery, I see something I’ve never seen before. It’s a nursery with lots of unusual selections and many of them appeal to the “I gotta have one” mentality of the ...

A flower hunter was moved to tears after encountering a super-rare species of bloom in Sumatra, Indonesia, marking the culmination of an over-decade-long plant pilgrimage.

The Black Bat Flower is definitely one of those plants that’ll make people stop and stare. With its dark, almost black flowers that look like bat wings, it'll bring nice contrast to your garden. This ...

A blue Egyptian water lily, a potential inspiration for flower petals painted on a casket found in Tut's tomb. 68/Partha Pal/Ocean/Corbis What makes us want to grow a lily in a pot? It’s a question at ...

In 1900, William D. Logee bought a small ponderosa lemon tree from Philadelphia. It was shipped via train, then picked up by a horse and buggy and now is planted directly into the ground of a ...

CAPTAIN COOK In 2012, Emmerich Grosch of Captain Cook Trading Company bought a few acres in South Kona that had once been a Buddhist meditation center. Though the nursery is still filled with lovely ...