Container gardening changes what hostas need to stay healthy. Understanding how conditions differ in pots helps keep those ...

Hostas benefit from division every few years to keep them healthy and reach their full potential. Here's which time of year ...

Some flowering perennials need a little boost of nutrients from a low-nitrogen fertilizer in the spring to ensure they bloom abundantly later in the season.

David Stanford-Beale, doctor of entomology, is the expert with the details ...

You know hostas? Those broad-leafed, perennial plants landscapers so often put in shady spots, or on the edges between gardens and lawns? Well, it turns out hosta shoots are edible. Really.

Expert advice on selecting the right mulch for your garden, from compost and bark to farmyard manure and straw ...

Prices of many things have gone up significantly in recent times. One way to combat that, as a gardener, is to start plants ...

Two of the benefits of hostas (Hosta spp.) are their big leaves and their tolerance of partial shade or even deep shade. Those big leaves can cover lots of bare soil in areas where most plants don't ...

If your yard gets more shade than sun, these hardy perennials will still deliver lush foliage and beautiful blooms year after ...

St. Patrick’s Day is all about the “wearin’ of the green,” but did you ever consider the “growin’ of the green” in your ...

The freeze over the weekend was certainly a deep one. If our turf and landscapes weren’t showing signs of cold damage before, they are now. Especially if we were pushing the limits with some ...

March is here. It is usually the start of our dry season, but we are heading into the season in a serious drought. Springtime can be very hard on our lawns and shrubs as the temperatures will begin to ...