Spiderworts are easy-to-grow house and garden plants, and they're so good-looking, you probably want more of them. Thankfully ...

Why I cannot grow the adaptable spiderwort in my yard mystifies me. It disappeared several years after it was planted. But I love spiderwort, so this time of year, I go to the wild seeking 2- to ...

THE LATIN and common names of a plant might be compared to a resume. The names often tell a little about the plant’s life story – where it got its start and what it looks like. Take spiderwort, a ...

In the relative cool of the morning, a huge bumblebee spends a considerable amount of time on the spiderwort in the garden at my back door. He lumbers from flower to flower, his pollen sacs swelling, ...

Each morning I pull into my parking spot, which is right in front of our cottage garden. This time of the year it is the bluest blue greeting me thanks to our native spiderwort. These spiderworts are ...

A new weed, called tropical spiderwort, has popped up in North Carolina and could bring big problems for farmers and homeowners. "In Georgia, for example, where a couple of years ago it was almost a ...

With Spring 2019 at the starting gate, all kinds of plants are sprouting and producing blooms. The last gasp of winter’s temperatures may yet slow the progress, but only slightly. Much like the Easter ...