Many gardeners love being outside in their garden on a beautiful sunny summer afternoon. But what if your garden is in a full-sun location and the air temperature is 95 degrees with a heat index of ...

During the past several weeks we have enjoyed the colorful show created by all the spring flowering shrubs. Everyone enjoys these spring blooms because they truly lift our spirits, delivering spring ...

Autumn is truly magical. Trees glow in sunset yellows, burnished oranges, or bonfire reds, while frantic squirrels dash around, hoarding nuts. Yet, there's more beauty to discover in this chilly ...

Depending on where you live, it may seem that your garden has seen nine days of gray rain for every 10 days on the calendar. Usually by the latter half of June, the ground near Louisville, Kentucky, ...

Hydrangeas have been popular with gardeners for generations. Their spherical heads — often painted in earthy azures, unsullied creams, or pink blushes — dancing atop their green foliage are truly a ...

One of the mistakes made by a beginning gardener is to put a sun plant where it receives too much shade or a shade plant where it gets too much sun. It’s easy to do; we’ve all done it. Even if you ...

Poet Robert Frost believed that "good fences make good neighbors." As an alternative, however, you can establish an environmentally friendly line of demarcation by using native species to create a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As formal uprights, arching mounds, well-behaved accent plants or just plain glorious wild ones, shrubs can be so much more than hedges or afterthoughts in a ...

Researchers discover a new role for circadian clocks in plants. Scientists have discovered how plants manage to live alongside each other in places that are dark and shady. Moderate shade or even the ...