Some suggestions for now to prepare for summer plantings.

For many of us, fall is the time when we think about what kind of bulbs we will plant in our garden for next spring. Gardners are optimists, and even when we face the slowing of growth and the descent ...

Anxiety is the word I use to best describe the anticipation and enthusiasm of gardeners who visit me at the local greenhouse and nursery where I work again this year. I cannot count the number of ...

Nothing says "spring!" quite like the emergence of wildflowers in the woodlands. Taking advantage of the spring sunshine that warms the forest floor before the tree leaves emerge, these perennial ...

The recent boom in native-plant interest focuses mainly on trees, shrubs, grasses, and perennial flowers – by far the main workhorse plants of Pennsylvania landscapes. But even with the diversity ...

Shrubs and trees can be planted when the ground is not frozen, but should be covered with sheets or frost cloth during hard frosts. Slow-release fertilizers can be used once or twice during the ...