Whenever I’m planning a new garden, no matter what mood I’m trying to create, I always include some purple plants. I look for a variety of purple flowering plants including purple flowering bushes, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An African violet with purple flowers. With their diminutive size, colorful blooms, and attractive foliage, African violets are ...

May 26—The long wait to see the spring woods open up and produce new wildflowers was worth it. Quickly, as snow melted, the next phase began on the same forest floor that was covered by a snowpack ...

Common blue wood violets are native to several northern states and also grow in Louisiana and Texas. Illinois was the first of four Midwestern states to adopt the purple violet as its state flower ...

A poet is said to be someone who sees the world each day as if for the first time. I can vouch for this poetic feeling whenever I see certain plants, no matter how familiar they might be. At this time ...

I continue to be impressed with violets. They have long been a favorite of mine for their beauty, sweet scent (some), hardiness, adaptability, versatility and usefulness in the kitchen. The violets ...