Q: My group of Master Gardeners would like to rejuvenate the rose garden at a county park. We will remove several diseased ones but would like to plant those areas with companion plants to roses. Any ...

Fall perennials can be just as colorful and pretty as those in summer gardens—it just takes a little planning. Although these flowers catch your eye in autumn, the time to plant them is earlier in the ...

YAKIMA, Wash. -- It happens all the time. Gardeners apologize and feel guilty for doing something wrong when plants that have bloomed beautifully all season long fail to return the following spring.

There are long-lived perennials and short-lived perennials in Minnesota. Sometimes we think if we lose a perennial it is something we have done wrong. Not the case. Also there are the short-lived ...

Most Shasta daisies are perennials in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 5 through 9. Their white petals and yellow centers give them the classic daisy look. Shasta daisies have a lengthy blooming season and ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 96, No. 5 (May, 2009), pp. 904-911 (8 pages) According to life-history theory, reproductive investments involve costs in terms of growth, future fecundity, and/or ...

Q: I just wanted to drop you a line to say my wife and I enjoyed your article on millennials and gardening. It was timely because just this week, our daughter sent us a picture of her first carrot ...

Smart gardeners learn to think small. They do their homework, and they plant varieties that don’t grow any larger than the ...

Are there certain flowers, trees or shrubs that bring back childhood memories for you? The one that stands out in my mind is the Bridal Wreath spirea that my grandparents had on the corner of their ...