Before you head out to the nursery to purchase a tree for your landscape, there are some important things to consider.

What a disappointment it can be to purchase flowers in bloom at the garden center in summer, only to see their blooms fade in the heat soon after you've planted them. By contrast, what delayed ...

Winter is usually a quiet time for most gardens, with many plants and trees in their dormant phase. However, there are some things you can do during the winter to get ready for spring. One garden task ...

Plant perennials in fall so they can establish roots before spring blooms. Choose native varieties to attract pollinators like bees and butterflies. Creeping phlox, columbine, and bee balm love sun; ...

Forcing is a gardening term that usually refers to making plants bloom out of season. Forcing is done by manipulating a plant’s environment, primarily light and/or temperature. Really, it’s not so ...

Back in the spring, I had a column about pruning spring-blooming plants. Always prune them after they finish blooming. This is because they set their flower and vegetative buds for next year during ...

Question: Hollyhocks are one of our favorite spring flowers but we have not been successful in Florida. What is needed to grow these attractive flowers? Answer: Northern hollyhocks are biennials, ...

There are a lot of gardening opportunities in the autumn in our area. One of the easiest and most interesting is to plant wildflower seeds for spring blooms. Start by identifying a portion of your ...