Night-blooming flowers have a history of being both enchanting and mysterious. During the Great Depression, people would post ads inviting their neighbors to come by to witness the magic of night ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Moon gardens, or arrangements of white-flowering and silver-leaved plants that seem to gleam under the ...

Plants that unfurl their petals only in darkness often condense the drama and poetry of their blossoming into one supercharged — and unpredictable — evening. By Ligaya Mishan BY DAY, HYLOCEREUS ...

Night phlox (Zaluzianskya capensis) is a delicate-looking perennial with an enchanting secret. Typically growing up to 12 inches tall, it remains inconspicuous during the day with its closed buds in ...

People stay up at night to enjoy the opening of the flowers of the tropical wonder Epiphyllum petalum, better known by its ...

When planning a new garden, we typically think about the amount of sunlight which will be available to plants in a specific location at different times of the day, and perhaps how plants might look in ...

For plant lovers in the Sarasota area, it's a magical time of year—when white cereus flowers bloom at night, popping from tree trunks and branches like ghostly paper lanterns. Image: Courtesy Marie ...

There is an unusual cactus native to the Sonoran desert that for most of the year looks like a dead stick with a jumble of gray and purplish stems. But once every summer after the sun has set, it ...