Maple trees are thin-barked, so you will want to protect a young tree with a tree guard in the winter to prevent frost cracks ...

Glancing around my garden, I can't help but notice that some of my best looking plants this month are salvias. Some are annuals, some are perennials, but all have attractive foliage and pretty flowers ...

Several different stories exist to explain how Christmas fern got its name. The most likely is also quite simple: Early settlers often gathered the evergreen fronds for Christmas decorations. This ...

Editor’s note: The following was written by Cathy Wilkinson Barash, an Iowa gardener who transplanted herself to Des Moines from Long Island, New York, eight years ago. She is the author of several ...