For the dedicated gardener there is always work to be done. Tidying beds and borders, cutting back dead growth from last year’s perennials are the tasks often left over from autumn. Growth remains ...

These pretty, early spring flowers are the first to pop up in the garden. That’s what makes hellebores, winter heath and ...

The debut novel from Deborah Benoit of North Adams, Massachusetts, combines her love of gardening and mysteries.

There’s no shortage of information showing how squads of gardeners cultivated wondrous gardens for the well-heeled, but hidden in the mountain ...

MANY of us leave our gardens and flowers alone when the sunshine fades and the colder months kick in. Winter can be a brutal ...

“Witch hazel is a botanical extract derived from a flowering plant. Preparations have been made from its leaves and bark for ages,” says Dr. King. The entire plant (Hamamelis virginiana) is processed ...

Read the original article on Purewow. “Witch hazel is a botanical extract derived from a flowering plant. Preparations have been made from its leaves and bark for ages,” says Dr. King.

Promoting mutually beneficial relationships between plants and soil microbes that enhance nutrient acquisition by plants could improve crop production without increasing inorganic-fertilizer use.

California’s eco-bureaucrats halted a wildfire prevention project near the Pacific Palisades to protect an endangered shrub. It’s just the latest clash between fire safety and conservation in ...

Inspired by the popular Seattle Reads, a “one book, one city” program offered through the public library, The Seattle Times’ Grow asks: If everyone in our region could grow the same plant ...

when the plant flowers. Stephen brushed aside some more fallen leaves and exposed an evergreen ginger — along with another orchid called rattlesnake plantain. He then showed me a witch hazel ...