Gardeners growing basil this summer are being urged to watch out for a small sign that their plant could be nearing the end of its life cycle. Once basil begins to flower, it may soon stop producing ...

In the heat of summer, maintain your garden's appearance and extend an active blooming season by removing spent flowers. Here ...

Topping and disbudding are simple maintenance tasks that can greatly benefit your dahlias. Proper topping can make your ...

By far the most common reason for some hydrangeas to not flower is pruning at the wrong time of year. Here's what else to ...

Pruning is done throughout the year to help the garden thrive and promote new growth. When to prune depends on what needs ...

Dahlias put on a bright, colorful show in the garden each summer. To keep them blooming, it is important to remove spent ...

People have been celebrating the summer solstice with elaborate rituals since prehistoric times. But humans aren’t the only species to take mark June 21 as a special time. Studies are showing the ...

One of my favorite spring flowers for perennials is the peony. Peonies are a long-lived perennial that you should be able to enjoy for decades. A few years after Sharon and I got married; my parents ...

LEM has been discovered not only in Brevard County, but also in Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade and several other ...

If you are growing old-wood hydrangeas, whose buds grow in the fall and then overwinter before blooming, you cannot prune them in the winter or early spring. If you do, you will remove the buds, and ...