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By January, nearly everything in the garden has died back to the ground and all but the hardiest evergreen trees and shrubs have lost their leaves. If you’re desperate for...

Winter can be a difficult time in the garden, as frost has certainly come and gone, and colorful leaves have withered, faded and fallen. By December, most homeowners are thinking...

The best garden plants are ones that look great for more than just the few weeks that they’re at their peak. While many summer-blooming perennials put on a lovely show...

Temperatures are dropping and the days are getting shorter, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t still enjoy some flowers in your landscape — you just have to choose the...

As the green of summer turns to the warmer shades of autumn, bright goldenrod is the perfect plant to bridge both worlds. These feathery yellow flowers bloom in late summer...

Sadly, most of the popular garden favorites have faded by late summer. Yet while daylilies and daisies are no longer blooming, asters and apples won’t appear for at least another...

Like anything else, gardening is subject to design trends that change with the times. Victorians had their greenhouses filled with tropical plants, while mid-century Americans loved their clipped hedges and...

For summer color, it’s hard to beat bright, beautiful daylily blooms in the garden. These hardy plants are a lot tougher than they look, and you might even see them...

There’s nothing quite like a balmy summer evening to sit outside and relax with friends, perhaps dining al fresco or enjoying a cool drink as the sun sets. Unfortunately, that’s...

There’s a lot to love about gardening when June is bustin’ out all over, and this is the time of year you have your choice of colors, forms and scents...