A home gardener compared spring plant purchases to evaluate lower-cost options, underscoring price pressure on household gardening budgets. The test examined bare root plants versus standard potted ...

By late summer, some annuals look less like garden stars and more like they need a vacation. Petunias stretch, marigolds lose ...

On a day trip from Vienna to Bratislava last week, I found myself drawn to one low-maintenance hedge in particular – and despite the hot weather, it was thriving. It's convinced me that field maple is ...

Once you know how to grow strawberries, a bowl of the juicy, sweet-tart fruit is all the more enjoyable. And the best part is that it doesn’t take a green thumb to see red. Easy to grow in containers ...

These can quickly outgrow their welcome if they are planted in the wrong place ...

Companion planting isn’t limited to your garden beds. You can also use carefully selected companion plants for your peach trees, helping to ward off pests and bring in pollinators for a juicier, ...

The Missouri Department of Conservation’s George O. White Tree Nursery in Licking is scheduled to purchase seed from the ...

Under an elevated road there is a strip of land nobody has ever wanted. No light reaches it, nothing planted there survives, ...

Don't miss the window to lift and split these varieties ...

The most beautiful gardens you will see next spring are not being planned in March. They are being planted right now, in the ...

Shade trees are one of a yard’s best allies in August as their canopies block the baking sun and cool the ground by as much ...

A native garden starts out lush and intentional, then slowly unravels. A meadow is overtaken by weeds. Native grasses are cut ...