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

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

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 ...

Although Japanese spirea is a beautiful shrub, it is considered invasive in many U.S. states. Here are some beautiful, native ...

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 ...

A wall of green can be a barrier between your space and the outside world, can define a space in your landscape.

my note about Sunrise Sauce tomatoes becomes “grow at least six Sunrise Sauce plants”; regarding green beans, “plant haricot verts by 7/1”. I tend to break these into groups. First ...

When planting bulbs or plants in your garden, there are two philosophies of thought: The first is to plan where everything will go, in an orderly fashion. Follow a grid or use visual cues from the ...

When Martha Stewart has advice, we are all ears! When winter arrives and we want to make sure our warm weather potted plants ...