What a gift to be a gardener at this time of year! For most other people, winter just grinds on, with dingy snowdrifts melting into puddles that will freeze into ice slicks. But gardeners don’t ...

Winter pruning takes advantage of the plant’s dormancy. With sap flow slowed and leaves gone, structural flaws are easy to ...

Here’s when it helps to remove snow and ice from your plants, shrubs, and trees—and when it causes more damage.

When creating a new garden or looking for new additions, check out the Perennial Plants of the Year (PPOY). Selected by ...

The Perennial Plant of the Year for 2026 is a lovely ornamental grass, a cultivar of big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii), ...

One trend is the rise of ‘soft modernism’. It is softly structured, focuses on wild planting and is a move away from ...

It’s time to put up your new gardening calendar and give yourself reminders of some of the jobs you’ll need to do through the seasons.Follow this month-by-month bullet point guide to some of the ...

We know it is January and the beginning of a new garden season because the seed catalogs are arriving. We love to dream over ...

One of the best Christmas presents this year was a new gardening book by Sydney Eddison. I have to admit I had mixed feelings when I read the title, “Gardening for a Lifetime – How to Garden Wiser as ...

Cutting back ornamental grasses helps make way for new growth in spring. Cut dormant grasses before winter if you live in a fire-prone area or to prevent self-seeding. Leave grasses standing for ...

As temperatures begin to cool, many flowers intensify in color, providing one last burst of beauty before the frost arrives. All photos by Candace Godwin Peony leaves display beautiful colors in fall.