Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is nothing as brilliant as the sight of colorful garden flowers gracing our backyards during the sunny season! But if you ...

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 ...

While it’s still an important gardening task for encouraging repeat blooms in summer and keeping borders tidy, experts say you shouldn’t be so quick to remove every fading flower. In fact, leaving ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...