Colorado's mountain wildflowers are famous for their beauty, and to my eye one of most handsome is silky phacelia, Phacelia sericea. It is a long-lived perennial that sprouts each year from a woody ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A unique honey has been produced from a plant that popped up in large numbers after the 2017 Thomas Fire. It was primarily seen in the Santa Paula hills of Ventura County.

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Federal authorities have designated 50,635 acres in western Colorado as critical habitat for three rare wildflowers threatened by energy development and ...

Whether you like blue flowers, or bee-friendly flowers, annual wildflowers in the genus phacelia have a lot to offer. These spring to early summer bloomers come in a number of different species with ...

Rocky Mountain stickweed (yellow) and brittle phacelia (purple) flowered for the first time in years in the shale barrens near Factory Butte and Capitol Reef National Park. For a larger image, click ...

With each thing we plant in our garden — familiar and unfamiliar — a dynamic story begins. Right now, a mostly native perennial garden I planted last year is coming into its own. Its purpose was ...

Bob Wick is a photographer and U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) wilderness specialist. He contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The Carrizo Plain is an ...

Flowers in home garden: The spring season kicks off with Basant Panchami 2026. Check out this list of 5 plants that bloom in spring, perfect for making your balcony beautiful and colorful.