Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Also known as pot ...

When you walk into a nursery or garden center this time of the year, it’s exhilarating — you look around at all of the flowers and feel that the possibilities are limitless. Visions of flowerbeds ...

Grass can be lovely in your lawn, but when it gets into planting beds, it’s a weed—competing for space and nutrients with your flowers. While you can treat those trespassing grass blades with a ...

Nothing brightens up outdoor living spaces during the summer better than beautiful containers filled with flowers. Whether you have a huge yard or a tiny balcony or patio, you can bring summer to life ...

The new gardening year can feel like a slow starter, as the weather is cold and little color is outside. There may be few ...

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It would be nice if every summer offered the perfect blend of sun and rain to keep the garden adequately supplied at all times, but unfortunately, we sometimes have to deal with the effects of drought ...

The shrubs at this Park Cities home are tolerant of extreme weather conditions, both in summer and winter. The hedges and conical plants are boxwood varieties, while the tall ones in the other ...

MUKWONAGO, WI — A bit of grooming and care will keep flower gardens looking their best throughout the hot summer months and into fall. Remove the flower stems of salvias, veronicas and similar flowers ...

We’re blessed with temperate weather in Southern California, perfect for growing all kinds of vegetables and flowers year-round ... if only we could get a spade into our soil. That’s the rub with ...

It has been a brutal summer. Extreme heat and drought dominated our weather in July and August, and we've never before seen so many summer days with temperatures over 100 degrees. Things are improving ...