If you're looking to create a secret garden à la Frances Hodgson Burnett, check out this list of 24 plants to make you feel ...
Grasses serve many purposes in the garden. Illinois Extension says native grasses can increase root competition in plantings, ...
This fall, look around for places where you could fit in a little more spring bulb cheerfulness. For example, tuck snowdrops ...
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Every fall and spring RNeighbors plants trees in neighborhoods that need them. This fall they planted them ...
When you get your plant, don't disturb the roots. Cut out the bottom of the pot, put the pot in the planting hole—with sandy, ...
When to water next depends on the tree. Desert trees allow for soil to be dry between waterings. But trees from wetter ...
This week's Plant Pick of the Week is a native shrub that turns wine-red and ripens blue-black berries in early fall.
One of the standout trees for autumn color is the sweetgum ( Liquidambar styraciflua ). Its easily recognizable star-like leaves transition from a glossy summer green to bright red, purple, burgundy, ...
Many gardens go drab this time of year after summer flowers have faded away. But in fields and along roadsides, swaths of ...
Fall asters are long-lived perennials. The plants die to the ground soon after they finish blooming. Trim the spent stems ...
This weekend's yard jobs include "cleaning up" some of the landscape, building a compost pile, and saying goodbye to the sale ...
Cascade hydrangea is a new category of hydrangeas that grow well in either landscape beds or containers. Like most hydrangeas ...