There are few flowers we grow here in Dallas that are as exotic and intriguing as the passion flower. If you happen to have a passion flower vine in your garden, then you’ve no doubt been enjoying an ...

Tens of millions of red roses will change hands tomorrow because the language of flowers (“floriography”) has determined that those say, “I love you” better than anything else this side of chocolate.

I first met the passionflower in the alley behind my home where this vine sprang from a crack in the asphalt. I would later discover that they bloom prodigiously in almost any soil despite heat and ...

Boston ivy and creeping fig are good aggressive vines for freeway overpasses and sound walls. Both are resilient to harsh exposures and pollution, and help to muffle the sound of traffic. Compared to ...

Ten years ago, my daughter Kristin, then just 7 years old, and I were exploring Strybing Arboretum, the famous botanical garden in San Francisco. There, on a back wall were several enormous passion ...

Boston ivy and creeping fig are good aggressive vines for freeway overpasses and soundwalls. They are resilient despite harsh exposures and pollution, and help to muffle the sound of traffic. Boston ...

Passiflora coccinea or red passion flower is a tropical relative of passionfruit (Passiflora edulis). The flowers are a similar shape but showy, scarlet red. The fruit is edible, turning yellow when ...

And pick the flowers in otherpeople'syards. The positive impact of color, especially red and purple, hit home for me at a luncheon where all the Cedar Bayou Garden Club hostesses were decked out in ...