When choosing colors for a flower bed, consider the colors of blooming trees, shrubs, ground covers and vines that will live ...

Hostas are perennials that provide significant foliage interest in your flower garden or landscape. Miss America consists of heart-shaped green leaves with white centers and light green streaking.The ...

If you have misconceptions or hesitance on double flowered Superbells calibrachoas, make this the year you try them.

SNOW PEA PICKIN': Pick snow peas in the vegetable garden frequently. Ideally, the pods should be harvested when flat before ...

Here's how to grow and care eucalyptus in your garden like an expert. Plus, ideas on how to harvest and use the plant ...

They do double duty as an evergreen landscape shrub ... making them an easy way to bring sought-after color to gray winter days and shady places where it can be difficult to achieve blooms ...

Plants with unique bark are the stars of your winter garden. On this week’s episode of the Gardening Tips podcast, the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Jacob Burns talks about how to bring texture, color and ...

Green space vs. gray space. Birds vs. builders. It’s a tale as old as time in the Sunshine State, the plot of every Carl Hiaasen novel. In Sarasota County, residents cite overdevelopment as one of ...

The last time she spoke at the garden’s Winter Lecture was close to a decade ago ... blue squill and glory-of-the-snow provide vivid color with less fuss. Van der Kloet’s book — which she’ll also ...

Who doesn't love a Japanese garden? The peace, harmony and beauty of these spaces is appealing to so many of us. Whether ...

While most flowering plants only bloom in warmer weather in Greater Columbus, there are several plants which flower in cold weather, providing much needed winter color in the landscape. Other plants ...

If you have questions about your garden or landscape, contact a master gardener at the University of Illinois Extension ...