Not a Lot of People Try Planting Vegetable Gardens These Days

Some of the finest landscape choices are to be found among the viburnums. The doublefile viburnums are among the finest choices for the landscape.

Spring's grand floral show continues with the old fashioned favorite, the Lilac

We are in the midst of the glorious spring season. There are numerous things in bloom. Some of the finest subjects for the garden are blooming now.

Spring heralds some of Nature's most beautiful floral shows and top among them are the flowering cherries. Cherry blossoms are one of the events in the floral calendar that even the most ungardening citizen notices. Such beauty of form in both tree and flower, and the profusion of blooms all combine ...

with all the warm prespring weather, things are really ahead this year, and the pageant of spring blossoms is well under way.

Attractive alliums for flower gardens - design ideas, cultivars to look for, how to use as cut flower

I've had several questions recently along the lines of: "After my peony is done blooming and I cut off the dead buds, can I plant them?" The "buds" that some peonies form after blooming are actually seed pods. And yes, after the seeds inside the pods are ripe, you can plant them, but growing peonies from seed is rather involved. Find […]

I've had several readers send in questions about irises changing color. I consulted some iris experts and growers, and they say it's probably not an actual color change, but that another variety took over the space. The reason for this might be iris borers or root rot killing off an individual plant, which opens a spot for a seedling or rhizome of […]

Here's what to do for bulb care after your spring bulb flowers have finished blooming. Hint: just let the leaves be.

Question: Can I split a Russian sage plant and make two plants? Yvonne answers: Russian sage is a woody perennial which can be killed by division. It's best to propagate this plant by cuttings. To make a cutting, take a 3-inch long shoot, including stem and leaves, dip in rooting hormone, place in sand in a four-inch pot, and cover pot with plastic bag […]