Flowering sweet Joe pye weed with groups of small pink blooms and green foliage. - Cynthia Shirk/Shutterstock While deer are essential to a balanced ecosystem, these herbivores primarily feed on ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. If Ohio’s prairies and wetlands had a celebrity, it ...

When you plant a rain garden, you do your part for the environment, filtering runoff and protecting groundwater. Pick the ...

1. Choose a location (sun to light shade) where the soil won't dry out or where you can regularly water. 2. Allow ample space between plants for growth, usually about 2 feet. 3. Apply organic ...

Joe-Pye weed is an attractive native plant with an interesting history behind its common name. Joe-Pye weed is a pollinator-attracting native plant with an interesting history behind its common name.