Spent blooms on hydrangeas can be left over winter for visual interest or trimmed off. Q: My hydrangeas have lots of dead blooms still attached to them. Should I prune them off, and if so, when is the ...

Cutting back daylilies in the spring is better, as it gives them time to store energy in the fall. Spent foliage over the winter also protects the roots against cold. If you must cut back daylilies ...

Aug. 27, 1972: The Grateful Dead perform the first of their many iconic shows in the Eugene area to raise money in order to save the Springfield Creamery, an establishment owned by the brother of ...

If you want to create a luxurious, high-end feel in your backyard, it can be challenging to know which flowers to incorporate. It may be tempting to get exotic, uncommon plants for that expensive look ...

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I’m standing in the center of the Venice Beach Boardwalk on a stubbornly bright late afternoon in mid-September, watching a street vendor work amid smoothie and souvenir shops. He’s hawking a tangle ...

Jon Hardy started his career at CB Richard Ellis Commercial. He’s since started his own firm helping investors acquire distressed properties. (IBJ photo/Chad Williams) After more than 30 years in the ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! After a hot and dry week, we received some needed rain. Many backyard gardeners are harvesting vine-ripened tomatoes, bell peppers and green beans. One of ...

One of the first gardening tasks that children — or any beginner — can enjoy is removing spent flowers in the garden. It's rewarding to make the plant immediately look better. But what other benefits ...

Daylily gardeners were thrilled when the first reblooming daylily plant hit the market in the 1970s. 'Stella de Oro', created by Walter Jablonski in 1975, was an immediate hit—not just for its new and ...

The atmosphere for the Dead’s final show of the weekend was as buoyant as a fattie balloon wafting over the Polo Field, where a melange of tie-dye shirts and some white men in dreadlocks found space ...