The staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina, previously Rhus hirta) is a common plant with a strikingly uncommon appearance. The young branches of the staghorn sumac are upright, with velvety red-brown hairs ...

Ornamental grasses can add extra depth and elegance to your lawn. These types of grasses can grow in clumps or spread across your lawn, and they’re commonly added to garden beds for decoration.

Anya Lautenbach has written a new book, The Money-Saving Garden Year, which guides her readers month by month with each ...

Ornamental grasses are diverse and beautiful plants. Whether you obsess over native prairie grasses found across the United States, as I do, or perhaps you enjoy the lush green blades of Japanese ...

The best-selling garden writer tells The Express how gardeners can save money in 2025 if they get a few jobs done this month ...

A rash from poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac is caused by an oil found in these plants called urushiol. When this oil touches your skin, it often causes an itchy, blistering rash. Most people ...

It, too, has a smell problem, as you might expect from a tree whose common name is “stinking sumac.” So don’t be drawn in by this flowering ornamental tree. Before you know it, they’ll be everywhere ...

It takes time for the rash to appear. A rash can develop in a few hours if you’ve had a rash from one of these plants before. If you’ve never had a rash from poison ivy, oak, or sumac, it can take 2 ...

Sumac (rhus): Few shrubs can beat sumac for its intense red ... red summer leaves that turn a fire-engine red so bright that they burn your retinas in the fall. 4. Ornamental pear (pyrus): The ...

They have cataloged natural life online and have developed board games and walking tours to help people deepen their ...