Cool autumn days are perfect for planting many perennials, including most of our favorite berry plants and shrubs. Here are 7 ...

If you are like me, you have houseplants that have spent the summer outdoors and have other perennials that are not cold hardy that you overwinter indoors. With nighttime temperatures now getting into ...

Earlier harvests. Peppers grown from seeds or transplants usually take at least a few months to fruit after spring planting.

Bare stems, yellow leaves, no new growth? Don’t panic! Dormancy is nature’s way of recharging. But what is dormancy in plants ...

October, I noticed a few homes had potted chrysanthemums alongside pumpkins on their porches, but for the most part, the ...

Goldie's luxe porch features striking potted plants, which gardening experts say can be kept on display through the winter ...

Joe Feduccia/News Tribune photo: A geranium shines in the sun Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in the backyard of Chris and June Baker.

The hydrangea “Endless Summer” is the one that started it all. One of the few blue flowers (in acid soil), it flowers on both old and new wood. In the fall, the choice to dead head or not to dead head ...

It looks like we have freezing temperatures, or near freezing temperatures, in the not-too-distant future. So, if you, like many of us gardeners, have been lulled into a state of endless summer, there ...