If you're hoping to bring butterflies, bees, and other pollinators to your garden, this vibrant purple flower is bound to ...

THE LATIN and common names of a plant might be compared to a resume. The names often tell a little about the plant’s life story – where it got its start and what it looks like. Take spi… ...

Passionflower — it’s one of the most beautiful wild flowers you’ll ever see in Western North Carolina. Wispy lavender tendrils spike out on top of purple/white petals.

The upright, rounded flower heads are composed of sparse, sac-like white or yellow flowers with small dark eyes, overhung with a small hooked beak, and numerous purple/pink feathery bracts ...

Larry O'Hanlon Discovery News Monday, 25 June 2007 Bumblebees prefer purple flowers because they are rich in nectar (Image: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) ...