Growing flowers and vegetables from seed gives you more choices and saves money. Here are 10 great seed catalogs to check out ...

My daughter’s birthday is Sept. 21. We kiddingly used to call her the “last rose of summer.” “Autumnal equinox” just doesn’t have the same ring. My garden’s last summer roses, along with the zinnias, ...

Be responsible about invasives, don’t ignore the beauty of natives and the special support they provide to your local ...

As a result, next year we’ll be planting squash seeds that have a built-in resistance to watermelon mosaic virus. When ...

If you're trying to lean native in the garden, you may have more choices than you realize for native bulbs that bloom early ...

You might not know that it's illegal to propagate patented plants. Plant breeders get patents to protect the work they've ...

By planting garlic in the fall, you are giving the garlic time to start growing roots before it goes dormant in the cold of ...

My interest in native plants began in the mid-1970s when as a student at the New York Botanical Garden I worked for several ...

I’m like a kid in a candy store Every fall I eagerly look forward to perusing bulb catalogs and touring local nurseries and ...

A California native perennial herb that grows primarily in the Central Coast region. A member of the Aster plant family ...

I have probably mentioned John Gerard before, but I can do it again. Gerard (1545-1612) was what we would call an “herbalist, ...