The bottom line: While echinacea supplements could play a role in boosting your immune system, it’s hard to definitively say ...

Echinacea plants are one of my garden favorites — durable, hardy, bee and butterfly friendly. Commonly known as coneflower, they come in a variety of colors, not just purple. According to the ...

Coneflowers should be planted in spring after the threat of frost is over. Plant them in an area that receives full sun and has good drainage. "Ideally, they prefer a lengthy time frame for root ...

Beautiful time-lapse of a cornflower blue (Bachelor's Button), growing from a seed to blossoms. A bachelor button seed was sown in a pot with potting-mix. With regularly watering, the seedling shown ...

November in the South is marked by mild days and cool nights—perfect weather for plants to set down roots. Discover which ...

Each year, the National Garden Bureau selects a perennial, annual and edible to become the chosen plants of the year. This year, the bureau (www.ngb.org) has chosen echinacea, which is a great ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. One of the people-stopping perennial plants is the giant coneflower (Rudbeckia maxima). The plant has large, 24-inch-long by 10-inch-wide, ...

If you don’t already grow purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) in your garden, you’ve most likely seen this purplish-pink, daisy-like flower adding a pop of color in someone else’s yard. They’re a ...

Prairies aren’t restored in a day, and that is why Ruthanne Baird and nearly four dozen other volunteers showed up Saturday at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia. “It’s fun,” she ...