Rock garden plants are some of the toughest cookies in ... and the slow-growing dwarf mountain pine Pinus mugo 'Gnom'. Conifers are extremely hardy and can tolerate the cold, though they do ...

It is just very difficult for new plants to compete with tree roots, especially in the shade. Add organic matter to the ...

While it might not be the "real deal" straight from the Alps, this plant is still one ... to grow and thrive in your rock garden, you'll need to mimic its natural mountain environment.

Betty Ford Alpine Gardens are located east of Vail Village next to the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Ford Park. It's a short ...

In a new series, Xpress spotlights local experts who have positive visions for the future and ideas about what Asheville ...

Rock outcrops, long regarded as passive geological features, may play an active and crucial role in shaping soil function in mountain ecosystems, according to a new study published on March 31 in ...

“Basically they’re restoring the mountain to what it once was ... probably in mid-May, Rock said. Those plants, grown from locally collected seed, include black sage, white sage and purple ...

If commercially viable quantities of gold are found, the area could be developed into a large open-pit mine, which would permanently destroy the core of the Inyo rock daisy’s habitat. Without legal ...