The cold may be rolling in, but you don't need to say goodbye to your favorite plants. If kept in the right conditions, ...

Some flowering plants that produce bulbs, tubers, or corms need to be lifted and stored for winter. Know which you have if ...

A lot of winter gardening is about getting the garden ready for spring. It’s not the most exciting or glamorous work, but it allows you to dive right into the good stuff once the season turns. And the ...

Fall is an ideal time for planting flowering perennials, and we could write a long list of reasons why you should think about adding some to your garden. First, perennials don’t have to be replaced ...

I am proud to say I worked for Howard Weaver. Well, not directly, as he never edited me, but he let these columns appear in the Anchorage Daily News and for that I will be ever grateful. I was a tiny, ...

Avoid deadheading the spent blooms of coneflowers, as these provide seeds in the colder months. Coneflower seeds are a vital ...

In November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its latest version of the Hardiness Zone Map. This mapping system categorizes geographic regions according to their average annual minimum ...