They cut down the non-desirable invasive trees and replace them with native Louisiana plants. “You know, if you plant it, they will come. First, the insects, and the overwintering larvae.

(WAFB) - Several Louisiana plant experts are urging the community to switch to growing native plants in their gardens that ...

ARNAUDVILLE, La. (WVUE) - A group of Louisiana plant enthusiasts is encouraging homeowners to “go native” with their yards. The Acadiana Native Plants Project operates out of an arboretum in ...

Discover how The Atchafalaya Basin protects Louisiana's coast from hurricanes. In the Atchafalaya Basin—the largest river swamp in the U.S.—ancient cypress trees act as natural barriers ...

If the climate crisis has increased storms in your area, raised beds, rain gardens, and native plants should be your new best friends.

Author Christopher Brown and Tammany Baumgarten, a landscape horticulturist and president of the Louisiana Native Plant Society, tell us more about the best plants for South Louisiana's climate.

The weevils, which have been used effectively elsewhere in the world to fight water weeds, are now leading South Africa’s charge against the life-sucking plants threatening ecosystems in at ...

And the department's first suggestion for your dinner plate was the nutria, a swamp-dwelling rodent native to South America ... eggs of water birds as well as plants. Nutrias which were first ...