The puffs of colored flowers that emerge from hydrangea bushes are a sure sign that summer is here. These popular plants are superb, long-lasting garden ornaments. When their flowering season comes to ...

Deadheading your plants is a super-easy way to encourage more blooms. It sounds scary, but it’s actually just a term that means clipping off the spent blooms of plants. The main reason to deadhead is ...

There are plenty of plant care techniques that help growers yield greater gains, like wiring and “screen of green” netting that help plants grow higher and reach more sun. And of course there’s ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Deadheading is an essential practice in the garden, one that encourages beautiful, well-maintained flowers. In short, the process involves removing spent buds; doing so redirects the plant's energy ...

Hydrangeas growing cycle is coming to a end in late August, but now is the peak time to do a very simple task that can help it grow fuller and much perkier flowers in the future. Hydrangeas flowers ...

Now that we have been having an abundance of daylilies and Asiatic lilies that have been blooming all through July and into August, it’s time for a friendly reminder to be out in your flower garden ...

Sadly, hydrangea blooms are beginning to wither as summer draws to a close. Looking ahead to winter and spring, gardeners are advised to be carrying out an important task to help the plant thrive. The ...