As you may or may not know, fall is the best time to plant most trees and shrubs, with crapemyrtles being an exception since they like to be planted in the summer. But, if you have some space to add a ...

Witch hazel has scented flowers that can be vivid orange, yellow or red, standing out on any grey January day. Plants such as ...

Sure, you love your low-maintenance snake plant and handsome Monstera—but don't overlook air plants. They're some of most unusual (and fun!) plants you can add to your collection. With their curly, ...

Balcony gardening is a good way to incorporate nature in a concrete area by infusing beauty, colour, and fragrance to ...

I recently had to take out my 10-foot tripod Hasegawa pruning ladder to take a picture of a flower blossom while standing on the top step. The flower, a black-eyed Susan, stood 9 feet, 3 inches tall ...

This time of year brings so many wonderful sights, warm temperatures and new life to gardens. But it also invariably brings something else … unwanted six-legged tiny guests into our house … ants!

Getting children to engage with gardening can sometimes be tricky. They often have other interests that steer their attention away from plants and growing. Knowing which plants to grow with them, ...

Maximalism in design is all about layering: textures, colors, styles and anything else. For the true biophilic, the idea of ...

My wife and I visited her cousin, Penny, a few weeks ago and were amazed at an enormous cactus she had in landscape. It was an eastern prickly pear cactus measuring about 100 square feet, loaded with ...