Key Points Fertilize peonies in early spring and fall if growth is poor or soil tests show nutrient deficiencies.Plant ...

The secret to season-long flower power.

Spring-blooming woody plants like lilacs (especially the old, grafted varieties), ornamental cherries, forsythia, crabapples, azaleas and some magnolias set their flower buds for the following year in ...

As we enter the fall season, gardeners consider planting selected bulbs for enjoyment as they bloom in the spring. This column opens with a brief overview of bulbs in the garden and focuses on ...

Your daffodils and tulips may be fading, but bulb season is just getting started. Spring is the best time to plant many bulbs for summer and fall flowers. After the last frost passes, you can plant ...

While it’s nearing the end of the line this time of year for most of the landscape, there’s one group of plants when it’s prime time to start them – spring-flowering bulbs. Led by tulips, daffodils, ...

These colorful flower garden ideas cover blooms by season, color palettes, bulbs, containers, annuals, and perennials for a ...

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...

Summer is a highpoint in the perennial garden and by combining a variety of bloom times and plant height, gardeners can enjoy ...

When selecting plants for your window boxes, you can use only one type of flower, or mix it up, repeating the same plant a ...