July is a great month for blossoms — but only if you have planned for that to happen. Many gardeners go to their local ...

Here are some grasses that handle wet winters and dry summers with relative ease, while adding year-round interest and texture.

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Nothing catches the eye in a garden quite like a bright red flower, for humans and hummingbirds alike. And while perennials ...

Why Plants Require Fertilizer Fertilizers, compost, and aged manure provide essential nutrients such as nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus necessary for plant growth and development. Additionally, ...

If your tomatoes are not turning red, find out the reasons for this common problem and learn effective troubleshooting tips ...

Once the jacarandas are in bloom, as they have been for the last few weeks, it’s a sure sign that summer’s heat is on the way ...

Sun-loving blanket flowers are a beloved native wildflower abuzz with butterflies and native bees. Flowering spring through ...

If your annual flowers aren’t exploding with celebratory fireworks of color right now, it may be lack of fertilizer.

Salvias are a diverse group of annuals, perennials, and woody shrubs hailing from just about every continent across the globe ...

Beetles are fascinating, but there are so many that it is difficult to know where to begin – more than 350,000 species that ...

It is time to think ahead to later in the season though, and a little extra sowing now will prove useful in keeping vegetable gardens going into the late summer and autumn, while planting now for late ...