February proves to be a busy time in the garden as plants, like rose sand hydrangeas, need your attention. To get the most ...

Grown as annual flowers, they come in all sizes, from ground cover to giant plants that top out ... double-flowering varieties with blooms resembling tiny roses that are great for containers.

Many summer-flowering shrubs should be trimmed before winter ends, so don’t wait. Get out there on a sunny day and prune your ...

Gardening expert Monty Don has shared his top tips when it comes to pruning three garden plants this month. From roses to ...

One such plant variety that benefits greatly from being tended to in February is roses. Taking a few ... a beautiful display of blooms in the spring and summer. “Use sharp, clean secateurs ...

Hard pruning removes more stems but leads the rose bushes to grow longer and produce more flowers. This method is perfect for pruners who like to cut roses for displays and bouquets. Light pruning ...

New “slow flower” farms grow beautiful blooms—without health-harming chemicals used by overseas operations that dominate the ...

They have had a chance to finish all of that work and acclimate to the cold. Both trees and summer-blooming shrubs should be pruned in late winter to early spring before bud break. As for spring ...

When in bloom, the plant’s spadix ... ‘Nah, it’s a plant,’” Leichten laughed. “I always say, ‘It’s not always a rose.’” The Biology Building Greenhouse is open Thursday ...

The dirt is soft from the rain; all the plants are dormant ... followed by alliums and finally, liatris in mid-summer. They come in different forms, too: bulbs and corms, which look like tiny ...

Roses, long a gardener's favorite and our country's National Flower, still suffer from the reputation of being hard to grow. In reality, many modern roses like 'Knock Out' are robust, long-lived, ...

Space your plants 15 to 20 inches apart. The flowers are called rose purple but depending ... be in a state of euphoria with blooms, bees and butterflies for summer. Follow Norman Winter on ...