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 ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. The common blue violet (Viola sororia) is both an ...

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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, ...

Interest in African violets has been on the uptick for the past couple of years. Whether it’s the renewed appeal of house plants in general, or because violet breeders are introducing new colors and ...

Evolution salvia is a cultivar of mealycup sage (Salvia farinacea) and comes in two colors, white and purple. (Photo courtesy of the LSU AgCenter) Evolution salvia, bursting with purple and white ...

“It was an avalanche,” Sherrie Zimmerman, one of 36 members of the Columbus African Violet Society, said of the public’s response to its 70th annual show and sale. “We were thrilled.” John deSaavedra ...

There are some great deer out there. Bambi? Adorable. Rudolph? Saved Christmas! Those little four-legged creatures who want to eat all your tomatoes and destroy your rose bush, though? Those deer aren ...

I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. Sweet violets, viola odorata, are now blooming in lovely large pools of purple on lawns and ...