Cold weather does not stop many perennial weeds that grow in the Lowcountry. Some, like blue-eyed grass, grow year round, while others, like dandelion, go dormant in summer. Here are several perennial ...

Sometimes botany gives you a "Jeopardy" moment about a particular plant's origins. In the case of sisyrinchium, the category would be "plants that could be a grass or an iris for $200." This charming ...

Why it’s choice: Plant names can be confusing, whether they are common names or scientific names, and blue-eyed grass may be in the running for one of the most confusing. First, it is not a grass at ...

For many naturalists and field biologists, it was one particular bird, butterfly, plant, or other organism that revealed a different way of seeing the world and led to a lifelong interest in nature.