First, check plants and pots carefully for unwanted hitchhikers. Snails, whiteflies, scale, and mealybugs (soft bodied scale) ...

The plant most commonly sold in nurseries as the citrosa or mosquito plant is a lemon-scented geranium. The lemony essential ...

Those dead stalks, withered foliage, twigs and fallen leaves may look messy to you, but they will be the winter home for ...

The leaves are falling, there’s a chill in the air, and the countdown for Winter has begun — it must be October. Though it ...

Spring is not the only season that bulbs bloom. In fact, you can have bulbs blooming in your garden throughout the year.

The need for seasonal garden cleanup can be a controversial subject. How much to do in autumn, and how much to leave for ...

Q: My laceleaf Japanese maple leaves have become brown-tipped or gray-spotted, and some leaves have curled up entirely. I ...

If you have leaves that are supposed to be emerald green but instead look more like shades of lemon, it’s time to take a ...

Now is a good time to plant a macadamia tree. You will probably have to plant two varieties to get a crop since the trees are ...

Use a pair of garden scissors or bypass pruners for faster and easier harvesting. Make your cuts above a set of healthy ...

Once again we come to that time of year when we have to say goodbye to the beauties of this year’s garden and get ready to ...

Gardeners have been warned to cut back the height of their shrub roses "immediately" - or the plants will "suffer a battering ...