If you're clearing out your large containers at this time of year, or planting small evergreens in them for winter color and interest, consider getting two for one: stick some bulbs in those pots and boxes now and see flowers appear early in the spring. If your...

One of the questions that I hear from callers and clients goes something like this: "The branches are covered with moss and I think it's killing my trees." Or shrubs. They have noticed that some of their plants are looking thinner, or bare, and that the stems are also...

It's beginning to look a lot like poinsettia season and have I got a plant for you. My suggestion is that this year you watch for some of the poinsettias that have variegated foliage because you will get two for one. Winter color indoors, and beautiful foliage...

I was on a garden consultation recently and we came across a tiny weeping plant that was about a foot and a half tall. It was a mound of curved down stems and leaves, looking more like a small "Cousin It" plant or some sort of sea creature than a shrub or tree. "This...

As I look at one section of my "fragrance garden" it occurs to me that this one area is a good example of maintaining a garden so that you have something going on in all four seasons. Full disclosure: I put "fragrance garden" in quotes because although that's what I...

"Is it OK to plant Impatiens again?" and "I saw a bed of Impatiens recently that looked just fine, how can this be?" These are some of the comments that I've heard this past season as we all continue to deal with, and learn about, Impatiens downy mildew. This water...

Whether you're putting together a mixed container for outdoors or an indoor dish garden, the design principles are the same. Mixed plant pots are beautiful on decks and porches, in a window as fall turns into winter, and to give as gifts for the upcoming holiday...

Think that a front yard has to be a stretch of lawn and a foundation planting filled with a lineup of the usual suspects? Have you thought that flowers belong in a row along the path to the front door, or in a circle around the lamppost? Think again! This Weekend...

In late summer and early fall I get many inquiries about spots on tomato fruit and foliage. Dark spots on yellowing leaves, black spots or sunken areas on the fruit..."What is wrong with my tomatoes?" people ask. These are usually fungal problems and although it's...