African or Mexican marigolds are large plants that produce big, showy blooms that are often used in bouquets. French marigolds are smaller plants often grown in garden borders and pots.

When you put so much love and energy into your vegetable garden, you want to do everything possible to ensure that the plants ...

Using nasturtiums as sacrificial plants helps you monitor pest infestations. It is also easier to control pests if they are ...

If you are looking for a natural and easy to grow plant for pest control, nasturtiums tick all the boxes. These fast-growing, ...

Some plants even help deter tick hosts ... a strong-smelling compound that is actually used in many commercial insect repellents. Mexican marigold (Tagetes lucida) is a shrubby perennial that is more ...

Add vibrant color to your porch, patio, or small garden with easy-to-grow flowers that thrive in containers—perfect for any ...

The Mexican mint marigold, the newest Texas Superstar plant, is a hardy, easy-to-grow herb and popular herbaceous ornamental perennial. Its licorice-scented foliage and bright yellow or orange ...

Without pollinators, we wouldn’t have one out of every three bites of food we eat. That’s because about 35 percent of the ...

Mexican hat, and Texas lantana. The center also serves as an education hub for native plant conservation. Enchanted Rock State Natural Area (Fredericksburg): While best known for its massive pink ...

Farmers harvest marigold flowers, a traditional Mexican offering for the Day of the Dead ... Both ancient Egyptians and Chinese traditions associate plants with rebirth. Egyptians adorned tombs with ...

Growing plants that slugs and snails are particularly fond of is also effective. In Which? Gardening trials we found that marigolds were more likely to ... The aromatic, hairy leaves of Mexican ...

Russia has 18 icebreakers and plans to build floating nuclear power plants for use in the Arctic ... the vista dotted with Arctic flowers—marsh marigold and Arctic cotton.