Mild spring weather makes it tempting to plant now, but these South Texas tips can help you time zinnias, vinca, pentas and more.

From weed suppression to visual cohesion, ground covers are the hard-working backbone of your garden. Here are our favorite ...

American alumroot is a shade-loving Ohio native plant ideal for challenging garden spots. Its bitter-tasting leaves naturally repel deer and rabbits, and it can tolerate black walnut trees. The ...

Of course, we say deer resistant because deer will eat anything if there is no food around. But there are a few commonalities between plants that are less favored by deer. And in this video I seek to ...

We never think a wildfire will affect us … until it does. In the last year alone, we’ve heard news of devastating fires in California, Colorado and all the way to Florida. These fires rage out of ...

When you gaze upon your garden, you might see many things. Perhaps you delight in the bright colors of your flowers, the lush foliage of other plants. Maybe your eye is drawn to the delicate ...

I could see the been there, done that concern in my new neighbor's eyes as he quizzed me about my new plants: marigolds, lamb's ear, foxglove, snapdragon, lavender, coneflower, bee balm, bearded iris ...

The Sunset Western Garden Book suggests the following perennial plants to reduce deer interest: Aster, bee balm, black-eyed Susan, boxwood, broom, buckwheat ...

Few, if any, native flowering plants attract more attention in a garden than liatris (Liatris spp), aka blazing star or gayfeather. It is a perennial plant that blooms primarily in August. The flowers ...

The Springfield News-Leader in Springfield, Missouri, partners with the Master Gardeners of Green County each week to bring readers a question-and-answer column with some of the expert horticulturists ...