A civil court in Peru has issued a landmark ruling recognizing the territorial rights of the Kichwa people within a protected area of the Amazon.

As you travel around Cusco and Peru’s Sacred Valley or further south in the region of Puno (near Lake Titicaca), keep an eye ...

It often happens that when a certain color combination appears in your garden, it is simultaneously found on a number of ...

Two of my favorite shade-tolerant perennials are grown primarily for their attractive foliage. Hostas have swordlike bicolor leaves; Heuchera micrantha varieties come in colorful leaf shades including ...

These peony alternatives are just as beautiful as peonies, and come with the promise of more successful blooms in California ...

a yellow daisy, and lupine, which has spike flowers in shades of red, pink and purple. Summer blooming perennial flowers have some of the longest blooming periods. Coreopsis Moonbeam, Geranium Rozanne ...

Pope Leo XIV is the first pope born in the United States, but his Peruvian nationality bridges North and South America. His ...

Apart from red blooms, hummingbirds are also particularly fond of yellow flowers, and planting some in your yard will not only brighten your landscape but also entice the hummers to come for a feed.

As you gaze at this unusual yellow flower, you can't quite remember what you planted in that spot. What you're looking at is a billy button (Pycnosorus globosus), a pretty little plant, formerly known ...