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Cottage gardens have a timeless appeal, and even more so in 2025 with the trend towards an informal, lived-in look. Here’s how to move away from pristine, clipped gardens to more romantic ones ...

How to grow asters. Perennial asters can be grown from seed, but it takes time for them to mature so you may be waiting years ...

Perennials offer a kaleidoscope of colours and textures, returning each year to transform your outdoor space into somewhere ...

We may be headed into fall colors, cooler weather and less daylight, but gardening doesn’t have to be all about preparing our ...

The air is cooler, the leaves are changing colors. Fall is here. But just because another Minnesota winter is around the corner, it doesn’t mean it’s time for home gardeners to call it ...

Here in Cornish Flat, this seems like an old-fashioned winter. Temperatures have been consistently below freezing, and the ...

Jamison and Walker tells Parade Home and Garden that the most common flowers in spring are usually tulips, daffodils, ...

You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various ...

An Amorphophallus titanum or titan arum, commonly known as the corpse flower, has bloomed at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra for the first time. The 15-year-old plant started ...

A second corpse flower has begun to bloom at Sydney's Botanic Gardens. The plant, Putricia's "sibling", will not be displayed to the public and will be kept in the nursery to better control ...