Beat the summer heat with smart balcony gardening! Research shows plants can significantly cool your home by releasing ...

Though you may be captivated by its beauty, this perennial rose is actually invasive. It grows at a rapid rate, in turn ...

Following my last column, which detailed the science that shows dandelions actually harm pollinators instead of supporting ...

These beautiful blooms are here to do the seemingly impossible; establish quickly and extend the season when it matters most!

Winter strips most landscapes down to bare branches and frost-covered ground. For birds that stay through the cold months ...

Growing milkweed from seed is one of the easiest ways to help declining monarch butterflies. In December 2024, the U.S. Fish ...

Perennial sections can be dug up from landscape beds to use in flower pots, with or without annuals, to save on plant-buying ...

I like to grow roses and I like to bake. At first glance, they seem to have little in common, but recently — while watching ...

"Birds use our gardens as food sources and nesting opportunities," writes columnist Tom Karwin. "In this column, we introduce ...

Verbena bonariensis is a wind-tolerant, see-through annual plant. It floats gracefully above a garden border. The bottom line ...

We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new ...

I loved watching classic 1950s black-and-white sci-fi movies on TV when I was growing up, with “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” being a particular favorite. Creatures from outer space invade a small ...