The fastest way to turn a room of typically demure, considerate, and thoughtful gardeners into an "Animal House" inspired food fight is to raise the topic of native and exotic plants. Former ...

These exotic plants will brighten any corner of your property and with the right care, will last for a long time. Even though many of them originated in countries on the other side of the world, they ...

If you love tropical plants but don’t live near the tropics, we’ve got 10 tropicals that can grow outside the warm, balmy locale. The following plants can thrive indoors or outdoors, given the right ...

Stacy Tornio has authored more than 15 books about animals, nature, and gardening. She is a master gardener and master naturalist. Amazon elephant's ear thrives in large pots, both inside and out. It ...

Raising the native/exotic plant topic in conversation with a group of otherwise reasonable, considerate and law-abiding citizens is a bit like jamming a continent-sized tempest in a planet-sized ...