Purple flowering trees are among the most breathtaking sights in nature, turning gardens, parks, and entire landscapes into living works of art. From deep violet blossoms to delicate lavender petals, ...

Squirrels may look harmless while darting across the fence or posing on a tree branch, but once they find your garden, all bets are off. Luckily, some plants naturally send squirrels packing without ...

Fill empty spots in your landscaping by propagating astilbe, which needs to be divided every few years to keep it healthy and ...

Shaler Area High School students will be going back to the woods in the coming new school year. Five years ago, Shaler Area ...

The bright blooms and scented leaves of geraniums are a summer plant staple. Learn how to deadhead spent geranium flowers to ...

Not many flowers have the power to infuse a whole garden with fragrant smells. Some never had the ability, while others lost ...

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about rain lilies, podocarpus hedge, agapanthus, coonties, ligustrum, aphids and ...

One of my favorite spring flowers for perennials is the peony. Peonies are a long-lived perennial that you should be able to enjoy for decades. A few years after Sharon and I got married; my parents ...

Do you recognize this herb garden demon? I've dislodged it everywhere I see it, but it keeps coming back! What to do?

There are many reasons for little or no harvest when it comes to tomatoes. Here are 10 reasons your tomato plants may be failing to produce fruit.

Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! It has definitely turned into a hot summer. However, we have plenty of moisture ...

Monarda, or wild bergamot, is a native plant that provides large lavender colored flowers from late June to August. It is also made into an herb tea.