In the garden, when a melon harvest was complete at the end of August and potatoes dug in early September, the bare ground ...

The City of Toronto also offers a yard waste program, picked up every other week on garbage collection day from mid-March to mid-December. (According to the City’s website, yard waste can also be ...

What Is a Native Plant? Native plants are species that would naturally exist in an area without human introduction. They’ve ...

Technically speaking, the aster family is a botanical crazy quilt of composite bloomers (plants whose inflorescences contain ...

N.Y., the colors correspond with plants the Shakers would have seen in the seasonal landscape around the village — apple ...

The growing season has come to an end, but that doesn’t mean your landscape needs to be boring until temperatures warm up again next spring. It is possible to have a great-looking garden all 365 days ...

This flower works best as a border plant, in low spots or wet areas, and as a screen or hedge but can also grow in large containers. The genus name is Greek for “mallow” and the species name is Latin ...

"The neighbor wasn't so excited." Gardener baffled by neighbor's nonsensical demands to remove thriving plant: 'It's none of ...

The Pink Princess Philodendron is loved for its iconic bright pink leaves, however, you may want to consider cutting them off ...

The process of changing leaf colors is often referred to as “fall foliage.” But what exactly happens scientifically to cause this change?

Even though gardenias are evergreen, leaves do eventually grow old and die (as happens with other broad-leaved evergreens, ...

these seed pods can be shaken from the plant by either the wind or when a critter brushes up against them in passing. The ...