As environmental awareness grows, homeowners are increasingly seeking sustainable alternatives to traditional lawns. These ...

The front yard is a passerby or visitor’s first impression of your home and you. It is also the first thing you see when you ...

A cool-season flower that can be set out in early spring, sweet alyssum fades in the summer heat, but its clusters of tiny ...

Creating an intimate backyard doesn't have to be complicated. Sometimes all it takes is the right plants, particularly ones ...

Japanese spurge, Pachysandra terminalis, is a low-growing plant that is native to Japan and China. Over recent years, ...

It’s the only time of the year you can plant bulbs that will flower in fall, winter, spring and summer and what a wonderful opportunity to plan a repeat garden performance for each season, which will ...

Cupid’s Dart looks best when planted en masse and is a good addition to a cottage garden. It is a lovely cut flower and the ...

Fall bulb planting is an easy way to bring early blooms into our gardens. At most elevations, the best time to plant bulbs is ...

Bulbs can be combined with other flowers to give a longer season of color. They can be planted in annual flower beds as soon as frost kills them or freezes the flowers. Then as the bulb flowers start ...

Low-growing perennials cover soil, prevent erosion and provide pretty foliage and flowers. Garden experts share their ...

Over a decades-long period, more than 30 Catholic priests and missionaries moved to remote island nations after they had ...