Using plants as ground covering is a great alternative to a traditional lawn. There's a beautiful plant, though, that you ...

Woman gardener pulling out weeds in garden - Ekaterina Savyolova/Getty Images When you're on the lookout for a ground cover for your garden, there are a few important factors you may want to consider.

This profile of Italian arum is another in a series on invasive plants from the City Green blog by Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services. Italian arum, also known as lords-and-ladies or orange ...

My brother asked if I could identify this plant for him. It is growing at his lake house under a canopy of tall oaks. Any ideas? Thanks so much, Beth W. Dear Beth, It looks like a bird left your ...

Q I have two 30-year-old boxwoods, one on either side of my front door. One seems healthy and thriving while the other seems to be having trouble. Its leaves are somewhat orangey, and the limbs seem ...

Silver sage, Salvia argentea, is one of over 900 species of salvias. Unlike most salvias that are grown for their flowers, silver sage is grown for its large, fuzzy, silver leaves. It looks like a ...

Fall through winter, into early spring, a pleasant surprise in the ornamental garden is Italian arum, with its bold green leaves above the whiteness of new snow or drab colors of dormant vegetation.

Not many plants produce their leaves in autumn when most others are shutting up shop for winter, but the Italian arum does exactly that. It keeps its foliage in full growth all winter and the foliage ...

A Victoria-area non-profit horticultural group is warning the public about a new toxic invasive plant species that’s made its way to Vancouver Island from Washington state. “Italian arum is poisonous, ...

Readers ask how they can tell whether they have toxic varieties of plants — or something more benign. Dear Helen: I took note of a recent Times Colonist article on the toxic, invasive Arum italicum ...