Green types have solid green foliage. The least common types of spider plants are curly-leaved. All the more unusual-looking spider plant varieties are as easy to grow as the original.

If your striking plant has always been a symbol of health, with its long, leggy green leaves, it can be frustrating to see it ...

Dear Roger: There is this big green bug that sits on my daylilies, right on the flowers. It looks like it could bite. I saw it grab a bumblebee, and I wondered what it was. Could you identify it ...

And, lo-and-behold, it was my 10-year-old son who pointed it out to me, in all places, at a theme park. That spider is known as the green lynx spider.

Recently, I was introduced to a species of spider that in all my years, I had no recollection of observing. And lo and behold, it was my 10-year-old son who pointed it out to me.

Cleome will bloom from June until frost. The 4- to 8-inch spider-like blooms start at the bottom of the stalk and move upwards. Deadheading or removing the spent flowers is not necessary.

• The spider flower (Cleome spinosa) belongs to a genus of plants containing 150 annuals or perennials. This reseeding annual, which has been in cultivation since 1820, is often seen in gardens ...