Summer 2024

More heat, less water. This year it's more important than ever to keep a layer of mulch in the garden, pluck water-hogging weeds, and thin fruit on fruit trees. Keep up with garden chores for your best summer garden ever.

Whether you want to create a naturalistic meadow, showcase a dramatic backlit border, or line a path, ornamental grasses are up for the job...

Damage by hornworm larvae is usually most common in midsummer, but there may also be a small population peak of larvae in the late summer...

Plants need the right combination of nutrients to live, grow, and reproduce. Too little or too much of one or more nutrients can cause problems for plants...

If you revel in the array of tones and textures in our garden, you can bring that feeling indoors with a few well-placed houseplants...

Searching for a long living, abundant blooming vine to cover an arbor, weave its tendrils through your climbing rose, or scamper across a sunny fence?