Grasses serve many purposes in the garden. Illinois Extension says native grasses can increase root competition in plantings, ...

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

There are a host of choices with enough selection in size, shape and colour to use them everywhere in the garden. Typically, ...

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.

Fall asters are long-lived perennials. The plants die to the ground soon after they finish blooming. Trim the spent stems ...

Cascade hydrangea is a new category of hydrangeas that grow well in either landscape beds or containers. Like most hydrangeas ...

Do you ever look at plants and wonder why they aren’t flowering? No matter the flowers you are growing you are always looking ...

With all the seed buying and gardening that happens in spring, people forget that there are perennial vegetables that grow ...

Autumn may mean the end of the gardening year but some plants go out not with a whimper but with an explosion of colour.

Soils are currently very dry, as is observed if doing any planting. Amazingly, the soil is powdery dry right under the ...

The fall season is an exciting time of year for many. We look forward to a change of weather. The forecast is showing overnight temps beginning to dip into the upper 30’s at night. This is causing ...