Removing pest- and disease-ridden plants can keep problems from overwintering and recurring next spring. Composting diseased plants may allow plant problems to spread. For safe disposal, always burn ...

Winter can make even experienced gardeners second-guess themselves. One week your beds look fine, and the next they’re a jumble of brown sticks, collapsed stems, and patchy soil that screams “failure.

So you lost plants this year to May’s slogfest and then to summer’s dry heat? The full toll might not even be apparent until next spring when dead/damaged plants try to shift back into growth mode. It ...

If you would like to add spring-flowering trees to your landscape, January and February are excellent months to plant them.