Improvise While Flowers Are Scarce
UNITED STATES—Much of the color in the garden through autumn and winter is provided by foliage. Some foliage turns color as the weather gets...
Even Houseplants Can Appreciate Rain
UNITED STATES—Everyone is from somewhere. Not everyone is fortunate enough to be from California. Most of the various plants in our gardens, even if...
Trees Do Not Like Chimneys
UNITED STATES—There are many reasons why fireplaces and their chimneys are not such a safety concern like they were decades ago. Only a few...
Plants Outgrow Juvenile Foliage
UNITED STATES—Shortly after germinating and producing their first few leaves, many seedlings start to produce foliage that is indistinguishable from the foliage that they...
Winter Squash Last For Months
UNITED STATES—With all the talk about replacing warm season vegetables and bedding plants with their cool season counterparts this time of year, we should...
Fall For Spring Bulbs Now
UNITED STATES—They are certainly not much to look at now. They are even less interesting once buried out of sight in the garden. The...
Vegetables Come And Vegetables Go
UNITED STATES—Vegetables are annuals too, just like the flowering bedding plants that get replaced seasonally. Some are technically biennials, and a few might even...
Fireblight Kills Pears And Apples
UNITED STATES—Bunches of blackened leaves hanging from blackened stems in otherwise healthy pear trees really are as serious as they look. They probably appeared...
Early Autumn Color Might Disappoint
UNITED STATES—It might seem like autumn color is a bit early this year. In the wild, where there is no irrigation, native box elders,...
Start Cool Season Annuals Early
UNITED STATES—Twice a year, it becomes necessary to discuss the unpleasantries of pulling up the flowering annuals (as well as vegetable plants) of one...