This week's gardening column tackles "heeling in" plants for the winter, when to prune rosebushes and how to keep squirrels from eating tulip bulbs.

Spider plants (chlorophytum comosum) are sometimes underappreciated. They are easy to keep alive, but a little extra care brings them from humble greenery to glorious. These days there are varieties ...

Q: As I was bringing in one of my houseplants for the winter, I noticed that it has spider mites. I put it in a room by ...