"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Sure, summer can be hot and muggy, but that doesn't mean your garden has to look drab and wilted. Many ...

Some plants simply thrive in summer and ixora is one of them. In most regions, June, July and August can be a challenge for plants, with high heat and drought. And, if we are to preserve resources, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Not only do fresh flowers look and smell beautiful, they also have special meanings. They can evoke ...

That saying, “April showers bring May flowers” probably wasn’t written with Spokane in mind. Sure, some bulbs, flowering trees and perennials are blooming, or will be in the next few weeks. But with ...

Even if you’ve got a beautifully designed garden, there are plenty of reasons to add plants in containers to your home. You can decorate a front porch or backyard patio with boxes or pots of flowers.

This weekend brings us threateningly close to the Harrisburg area’s generally accepted “safe planting time.” This is the point in the growing season where it would take a record-setting late frost to ...

Just because a plant isn’t popular or well known doesn’t mean it’s a bad choice. The truth is, some of the best, toughest and most beautiful flowers are ones that a lot of people – especially ...

There’s something calm and stylish about a group of pots that contain just one plant each, such as well-established clumps of agapanthus; pom-pom-headed blue hydrangeas; ever-flowering arctotis; ...

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. Ideal for planting in ...

It’s a very good time to pot up some summer flowering plants. The plants will have time to establish their roots and grow ready to give us colour flowers this summertime. Pots can be created in no ...