Here are five expert steps to follow for successful winterizing of your coneflower collection. Cutting back is often best ...

Combining perennials that bloom during each season ensures your garden or landscaping will be constantly flowering ...

This week's Plant Pick of the Week is a native shrub that turns wine-red and ripens blue-black berries in early fall.

In this month’s Nature’s Corner, Eve Quesnel discovers the extraordinary in the ordinary: wooly mule’s ears and arrowleaf ...

Roses typically bloom in May and June, but if you plant "repeat blooming" varieties, the flowers will continue sporadically ...

"I love your approach of slowly expanding your garden beds!" Proud homeowner shares photos of their Texas backyard ...

As a tribute to Annie's Annuals, which abruptly closed on Oct. 3, we collected photos from people's backyard gardens across the East Bay.

If you prune in summer then you are removing food reserves in the green leaves. If your plants flower from July - October and are deciduous, then you can prune these plants in spring. Food reserves ...

Most of us snip a few stems for the house from our borders or grow a row or two of favourite cut flowers amongst the veg, but it’s almost always annuals and perennials that we cut. What about shrubs?

She had a long, award-winning career as a screen and stage actress, finally becoming a household name with her memorable turn in “Downton Abbey.” Maggie Smith, the acclaimed British actor ...