You don't always need to remove spent blooms straight away ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - As summer wears out and plants go to seed, you may not think the browning flowers on your Echinacea plants are very pretty, but lots of birds sure find them attractive. Echinacea ...

Image Credits: Shutterstock/Melanie Hobson. Deadheading is one of those gardening habits that feels automatic. You see a fading flower, you remove it, and you expect the plant to respond by producing ...

Q. In June, I received a green bromeliad with a bright red "flower." We have kept it in indirect sunlight and kept its "cups" watered. In the last month, the red color has faded. What should I do? C.B ...

A research team has unveiled the molecular mechanism behind the fading of lilac (Syringa oblata) flowers, a long-standing mystery in ornamental plant biology. The ...