Having pretty flowers in your garden isn't just limited to the warmest seasons. Plant a variety of blooming annuals for ...

Whenever I’m planning a new garden, no matter what mood I’m trying to create, I always include some purple plants. I look for a variety of purple flowering plants including purple flowering bushes, ...

If your yard is "under-bulbed" and slow to show early-spring color, have a look at these 10 flower bulbs that are best ...

A surefire way to become a millionaire: invent an easy way to get rid of weeds in your garden without harming other plants or wildlife. In the meantime, nature already has the closest thing to that ...

The rains have slowed, the sun has returned and it appears Oregon’s spring has finally arrived. And with spring, comes the annual camas bloom. Common camas (Camassia quamash) was originally classified ...

Leading garden expert Tom Massey has listed half a dozen bulbs that gardeners should be planting in the next three weeks ...

It’s late winter and soon we will start (if we haven’t already!) seeing the very earliest blooming ephemeral spring flowers, such as snowdrops and winter aconites. Ephemerals are plants that will ...

If you’re looking to brighten up your garden this spring, Triteleia ‘Queen Fabiola’ is a top pick. These cheerful bulbs grow ...

The most common reason for a lack of flowers on hydrangeas is that they were pruned at the wrong time of the year.

As I wander the grounds of the arboretum throughout the month of May, my eye is caught by the blue flowers of the late spring-blooming plant commonly known as Stokes aster. Closely related to its ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. We've had plenty of April showers — so ...