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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...