I've always liked donkey-tail spurge (Euphorbia myrsinites). An easy-care trailing plant with tight spirals of gray-green leaves that remain attractive year-round, it also has attractive yellow ...

No matter your skill level and enthusiasm for gardening, chances are you are at least briefly familiar with the euphorbia clan. This family of plants offers something for the succulent lover with fat ...

Over my many years of visiting various botanical gardens, arboretums and nurseries, I’ve developed a great fondness for and sense of amazement about this genus of plants. Almost every time our family ...

WHAT: Euphorbia dulcis or commonly known as sweet spurge has bright yellow flowers that form in April bringing a terrific burst of color, form and height to the garden or border. It is a deciduous ...

(This is one cactus family that’s enough to keep a collector busy – and in love with succulents – for a lifetime. And why not? There’s a huge variety of euphorbias – over 4,000 different species – ...

If you’re like most gardeners, you’d probably rather spend time plant shopping than grocery shopping. I was on one of those aisle-strolling adventures in a nursery in March when I encountered a plant ...

The blue-black spires of Agastache 'Blackadder' lend a dramatic flourish to autumn gardens. Autumn tends to major in burnished golds, coppery browns and brash yellows, but these can look uninspiring ...

Spring is Mother Nature's annual do-over, and in the past month and a half, the dormant herbaceous and woody perennials in my gardens have awakened with fresh faces, one by one. Bonfire's foliage ...

The fairy circles of the Namib are one of nature's greatest mysteries. Millions of these circular barren patches extend over vast areas along the margins of the desert in Namibia. In 1979, G.K. Theron ...