Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. In ...

How pots filled with annuals, grasses, herbs and more can transform any outdoor space King Louis XIV famously grew orange trees in the wooden boxes known as Versailles planters, but you don’t have to ...

Time Lapse video over 50 days of growing a bonsai lotus variety from a seed to plant. Lotus seed was scored all over the its outer shell with a file before germinating in a water cup. It started ...

American lotus, or Nelumbo lutea, is an aquatic plant found growing in still to slow-moving freshwater habitats across much ...

I have developed a new obsession over the past few weeks: the desire for a lotus pond in my balcony. Growing a lotus isn’t easy. For the breathtaking beauty it blesses you with, it demands a lot of ...

The near-mythic lotus is easy to grow here in the subtropics. And you don’t really even need a proper pond. When I was a kid up north, I didn’t think the Everglades was a real place. It seemed like a ...