Monarda, or wild bergamot, is a native plant that provides large lavender colored flowers from late June to August. It is also made into an herb tea.

Producing tall spires of summer flowers in every shade of blue, delphiniums are the kings of the cottage garden. Hazel ...

Lavender Lane Farm is located at 12040 Plank Road in Milan and has a gift shop on-site. The couple also runs a retail store called Lavender Lane on Main, which is located at 12 E. Main St. in downtown ...

Brighten your garden with companion plants that bring year-round interest next to blue false indigo. These eye-catching ...

I love the blue color of jeans, so I am attracted to eco-friendly craft indigo dyeing. I hope that by focusing on traditional crafts, I can call more people to pay attention to environmental ...

Master gardener Sally Scalera shares the dirt on which fragrant plants are native, important because they attract and support ...

Typically, said Young, you combine indigo with a yellow source. Or, you could forage the flowering tops of common reed (Phragmites australis), a widespread invasive of wetlands, before its seeds form.

"How exciting!" Gardener thrilled after blooming flowers invite tiny visitors to their yard: 'Makes my heart so happy' first appeared on The Cool Down.

These plants can reach heights of 4 feet and can spread to form a clump as wide as 3 to 4 feet also. They create a small bush structure and after the flowers have faded in mid- to late June, they are ...