The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Midsummer gardening chores center around weeding, deadheading and fertilizing those tomatoes that are ...

You can almost feel the snap of fall in the air, and that means it's the best time of year for one crucial task: dividing some of your yard's most beautiful plants.

Dividing your bearded irises in summer will pay off next spring with more stunning flowers. Exceptionally hardy, drought-tolerant, and deer-resistant, bearded irises are one of the easiest perennials ...

Yes! By removing any diseased foliage you will not only make your plants look better now but also reduce their exposure to future leaf spot infections. Start by pulling off any withered leaves. Next, ...

I had a note from a disappointed gardener recently, sad over the poor showing this spring of her bearded irises. The clump that had performed well in previous years produced no flowers. This ...

Mid-to-late summer is an excellent time to manage your flowers, dividing them to make more and for the health of the plant. Here are some questions about dividing with answers from horticulturists at ...

Many area gardeners want to use more native plants in their landscapes. There are wonderful trees, shrubs, vines and herbaceous plants native to Louisiana and the Gulf Coast that are excellent choices ...

Exceptionally hardy, drought-tolerant, and deer-resistant, bearded irises are one of the easiest perennials to grow in cold-weather regions. Though they are mostly care-free, these irises do need to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carson Downing Exceptionally hardy, drought-tolerant, and deer-resistant, bearded irises are one of the easiest perennials to grow ...