The Dombeya burgessiae (Seminole) puts on one of the best flower shows of any shrub in Florida. It is sometimes called the tropical hydrangea because its flowers are similar to the hydrangeas we know ...

A remarkable flower from Madagascar forced botanists to reconsider its family's evolutionary limits When Smithsonian botanist LJ Dorr was hired by the Missouri Botanical Garden in the 1980s to set up ...

If I tried to list my favorite trees in South Florida, I could fill this column. The trees that grow here are glorious. Native towering live oaks. Gumbo limbos with their reddish peeling bark.

Question: A plant was given to me as a confederate rose, but it is blooming now. It has a large cluster of single pink flowers that makes it look like a geranium but with big leaves and stems growing ...

Dombeya burgessiae ‘Seminole’ puts on a good flower show through the tourist season and should be a favorite with snowbirds. Also known as Seminole dombeya or tropical hydrangea, it has blooms that ...