Jekyll was a pioneering English gardener, designer, and writer best known for introducing a natural, flowing cottage-style ...

Snow cover provides a heavy blanket of winter mulch that insulates the soil, prevents heat from escaping and keeps soil ...

It’s time to put up your new gardening calendar and give yourself reminders of some of the jobs you’ll need to do through the seasons. Follow this month-by-month bullet point guide to some of the ...

These low maintenance perennials from dogweed to bleeding hearts should be added to your garden for easy care all year round.

Growing plants that are native to your region can be one of the best things a gardener can do. In this video, I give a primer on some of the very best plants that are native to North America east of ...

If you're looking to create areas in your yard that look great, are unique, and don't require a lot of upkeep, consider adding a gravel garden or two. Many homeowners are turning to gravel gardens to ...

Don’t put away your gardening tools just yet! Once the weather moderates, there’s still plenty of time to plant. In fact, fall actually is an ideal time for adding new perennials and shrubs to your ...

This simple maintenance practice encourages new growth and vigorous blooming. Flowering in white, pink, purple, blue, and red hues, summer phlox produces fragrant blooms from mid to late summer. Also ...

Dividing plants is an excellent way to rejuvenate and expand your garden. Whether you have plants that are dying or growing leggy, see that your perennials are becoming overcrowded, or simply want to ...

Perennial plants are those that come back year after year from their own roots, giving gardeners an option to grow flowers and grasses without having to plant new ones each spring. Perennials have ...

Dawn Redwood is a deciduous tree with feathery needles that is one of the oldest trees on earth. This unique tree turns russet brown in the fall before it drops its needles. Courtesy photo The third ...