For many plants, pruning in late winter can ruin your flower display. But for these summer bloomers, it'll have the opposite ...

Winter pruning takes advantage of the plant’s dormancy. With sap flow slowed and leaves gone, structural flaws are easy to ...

Don't let January's cold and wet start put you off from gardening: the experts say now is the ideal time to plant perennials ...

Once New Year's Day has passed, gardeners start to get excited about new plants and ideas for the landscape and garden. One ...

Many gardeners want to attract bees, butterflies, birds and hummingbirds, but most gardeners would rather not have deer or ...

Joshua Kalarical is a senior at Lake Zurich High School. Music is a core passion of his that has always been part of his life ...

When so much around the globe is coming apart we need things to ground and reassure us. The reality of lengthening days and ...

It's the size of a 10-cent piece and matures under the guard of protective ants, but the purple copper butterfly needs more ...

After three years of waiting for my perennials to fill out, some of my gardens are finally worthy of recording! This is the ...

Most of us know that bees and wasps are pollinators, but what else pollinates flowers and various plants? Sadly, no honey is involved, but no sting, either. Delicate looking as they flutter by, ...

It's an awkward situation for gardeners — admiring a beautiful plant in our yards when someone tells us it's an invasive species. Ouch. Invasive species are by definition non-native, but that's not ...