That urge to grab your pruners the moment temperatures rise is one of the most natural impulses in gardening, and one of the most destructive. Every March, well-meaning gardeners pick up their loppers ...

Flowering trees can undoubtedly put on dazzling summer performances, providing vivid color and attracting butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds into the garden. For an ultimate performance, gardeners ...

Every fruit grower knows the sinking feeling: a mild week in April or May, blossoms wide open and bees working overtime, and ...

Trees give us so much (not including the piles of autumn leaves) that I can't imagine a world without them. I've surrounded my home with a variety of tree species that provide the shade, privacy, ...

Several species of native flowering trees are currently in bloom, adding beauty to the spring landscape. These trees, including Pinxter Azaleas, Japanese magnolias, and Carolina Silverbells, offer a ...

It’s nice to look around outside and once again see green instead of brown. The green is a combination of trees putting out leaves and others covered with flower buds. If you have a good tree ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring has sprung! As winter has started fading away and the days have grown longer, nature is beginning to awaken for spring. One ...

Daffodils are one of the first flowers to open up in the spring, and they are certainly one of the best. Not only are the cheerful, trumpet-shaped flowers reliable, but they are also hardy! Whether ...

Winter is a long season here, and I miss the colors of the gardening season. Pruning is a favorite gardening task of mine and I always try to bring some stems into the house to get a preview of some ...

My, what warm weather we have been having lately. Although humans can tolerate the large swings in temperature from week to week, the performance of our landscape plants can suffer from such ...