New to gardening? Cultivate your green thumb with this jargon-busting gardening glossary. Discover what the most popular ...

Hostas (also known as plantain lilies) are popular plants known for their big, leafy green or variegated foliage. They’re ...

Louisville residents are repairing damaged homes after an explosion at a nearby industrial plant that killed two employees ...

Some types of perennials, including hosta, do not have sturdy stems, and quickly turn to mush after a few hard freezes. Hosta, daylilies and iris are best cut back in fall to an inch or so above ...

Keep your garden interesting and attractive through the winter by waiting until early spring to cut back perennials. Some ...

Vancouver Island University's Milner Gardens received a coveted five-bloom rating from Communities in Bloom, plus a special mention for its rhododendron garden.

I’ve been taking Miguel, my 12-year-old Havanese, for 3,500-step walks around the neighborhood lately (and telling myself ...

Some foliage plants surprise in spring rather than fall. Siberian bugloss (Brunnera), for instance, is beloved for its ...

Now that the weather is cooling, you might notice that some of the plants we encounter look nothing like their mid-summer ...

And how about the hostas which highlight the shaded portions of your yard ... even after its invasive habit became known many ...

Simply rake or blow fallen leaves into a pile and secure them with a wire cage or weighted piece of plastic to keep the winter wind from blowing the leaves about. If the leaf pile is sitting on top of ...

My Russian sages ( Perovskia —which by the way are not from Russia or in the sage family) were still sporting silver leaves and about half of their tall, arching sprays of teensy lavender flower ...