Encourage more delightful goldfinches to visit your yard by growing plants they love, including this native flower that acts ...

Discover what gorgeous flowering plant can be grown from a seed and kept indoors. This is the perfect plant for beginners and ...

The Millennium Seed Bank at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew marks its 25th anniversary. It stores over 2.5 billion wild plant ...

Diseased or pest-contaminated plant material is an exception; it should be cut back in the fall and properly disposed of (not ...

Sometimes to get your early spring garden ready, you need to start in the fall. A little work now will ensure bright, ...

Mexican sage (Salvia leucantha) leads the purple parade each fall. This robust perennial will persist in the garden for up to ...

By the time late summer rolls around, most people assume the busy hum of bees and butterflies has come to a graceful end. The ...

Perennial plants survive from one growing season to the next, regrowing from their roots each spring. Discover gorgeous, fast-growing perennials that provide quick color and texture for shade gardens.

Pushing fallen leaves into garden beds to insulate plants and nourish the soil will also shelter hibernating insects that, in ...

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

Seed saving can be as easy or elaborate as you want to make it. By saving your own seed you can cut costs, preserve that ...

Once, growing vegetables here under the harsh Southern Nevada sun and in soil stripped of nutrients was nearly impossible.