If you want an endless supply of flowers from your lavender, ditch the fertilizer and instead focus on the soil. The right ...

This is always a bittersweet time of the year for me. Gardening is one of my favorite activities during the summer, but in my ...

Do you fertilize your houseplants regularly? It’s one of the best ways to keep them healthy and thriving. But many ...

Hardy cyclamen are a lovely ground cover that get better with each passing year. Native to areas of the Mediterranean such as Greece, Italy, Turkey, and Israel, this low-growing plant has delicate ...

* What it is: Sometimes nicknamed “dog hobble,” this southeastern-U.S. native broad-leaf evergreen is distinctive for its red new leaves in spring and then its burgundy-purple fall foliage that holds ...

If you are after a versatile, native shrub that offers real interest throughout the seasons and is easy to maintain, then ninebark ticks all the right boxes. It is a tough native shrub that you can ...

This week's Plant Pick of the Week is a spring-blooming bulb with flowers that look like round purple lollipops.

In winter, you can see what you might have done differently in the past gardening season. The garden looks bleak and desolate without greenery. Evergreen and hardy plants can make the garden appear ...

When I sit down to write these articles in the fall, I always get the feeling that what I write about needs to be inspirational. Then, as I wrote that, it seems a bit dramatic. Now I am asking myself, ...

Get expert tips on frost, pruning and pollination, reviving crape myrtles, sun perennials, weed control and St. Augustine care.

Is there any hope for my crape myrtle plant that was frozen in recent winters? Absolutely. These sprouts are coming up from ...

Q: My yard is full of oak trees, which I love, but grass doesn't love them. I am giving in and not attempting a lawn any more. I have put in mulch and am considering planting something for seasonal ...