The mallow plant family (Malvaceae) is easy to identify. The flowers have five separate petals. The distinguishing characteristic of the flower is the central column of united reproductive parts ...

Back in the summer of 2014, a botanist named Rachel Goad was on a canoe trip to see a very rare flower. One of the rarest on the continent, actually. It’s called the Kankakee mallow, and it’s native ...

Thick vegetation along the banks of the Kankakee river, the natural habitat of the Kankakee mallow - Ellie Pena/Shutterstock Hidden in the heart of Illinois is a stunning, lesser-known flower that was ...

Well, it kind of depends on the hibiscus we’re talking about. There are three common ones people grow. The first is Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus chinensis). This is the tropical type you see in Hawaii ...

Flowers, of course, come in quite an assortment of sizes. The smallest flowers of any plant you are likely to see probably belong to the tiny, floating duckweeds. And the largest flowers of trees, at ...

For many plants, pruning in late winter can ruin your flower display. But for these summer bloomers, it'll have the opposite ...