Long-blooming native plants can bring color, structure, and life to garden beds far beyond the usual growing season, making them an excellent choice for gardeners who want vibrancy that lasts. There ...

No need to let tight quarters prevent you from planting the garden of your dreams. Vertical gardening is the key. These vertically-growing perennials, annuals, shrubs, and trees maximize gardening ...

Not only do they look striking—as proven by the 15 vertical garden ideas below—living walls can actually make you healthier, both physically and mentally. Research has shown that air-purifying green ...

The right plants add beauty and fragance to landscapes and give back to the environment by providing larval food and nectar for butterflies. Live oaks and African Tulip trees both provide shade and ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Discover cold hardy plants for a green roof. Here, garden experts share their top 5 picks of low-effort, cold hardy plants to ...

We Californians understand the concept of summer dormancy: “Those hills aren’t brown, they’re beautifully golden!” We know that the cycle of seasons plays out a bit more dramatically across our hot, ...

The plants in your garden can be as long-lived as an oak tree, which can live hundreds of years. Some garden trends can be just as timeless. Not all trends and must-have houseplants have the staying ...

Late spring show blooms at Garden in the Woods. Horticulturalist David Fulk points out some of his perennial favorites that are native to Massachusetts. This is *** sheep laurel, *** plant that ...

If you want to improve your indoor or outdoor garden layout, now is the perfect time. Gardening is constantly evolving with unique solutions for all situations and climates. New ideas about how we ...