As the summer garden winds down, it’s time to think about spring flowers, and the best way to ramp them up would be to plant bulbs now. We’re all familiar with tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, the ...

Many gardens go drab this time of year after summer flowers have faded away. But in fields and along roadsides, swaths of ...

Fall foliage expert Jim Salge explains why this season's dry weather is altering the predictions for fall colors.

An ecologist’s long walks and detailed observations allowed him to chronicle the shifts in an iconic habitat and grow a ...

There are small towns in New England that put on a big show when it comes to fall ... In Stowe, Vermont, travelers will find ...

The small-leaved rhododendron has surprisingly pretty fall foliage. The most common one, which you see in bloom everywhere in ...

Three reasons: they’re deer-proof, they make gorgeous cut flowers and they arrive in early spring when we most need a boost.

Once you decide to treat your plants in fall with a formulated deer and rabbit repellent, timing is everything. Apply to dry ...

We don’t hate chrysanthemums. Let’s just get that out of the way. There is a lot to be said for their instant, impulse-buy ...

Last fall we decided to put our garden plot to ‘bed’ by covering it with a huge sheet of plastic. We didn’t have black ...

Upright stems carry small, grey-blue, thistle-like flowers that sit on a broad, spiny ruff that adds enormously to their ...