Imagine stepping into your garden and being greeted by the soft buzz of bees, the flash of butterfly wings, and the cheerful ...

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As spring approaches, many homeowners begin asking when they should apply pre-emergent products – often called weed preventers or crabgrass preventers – to their lawns. Lawn care companies have ...

Brand new, never-before-identified species of garden perennials are rare, as botanists have likely discovered most of the ...

While hostas can be planted in any season, planting hostas in spring or fall gives them time to establish roots. Here's how ...

Using pavers or stones to build up a soil-filled planter around a tree’s trunk is seriously damaging to the tree. “You’ll be ...

Thinking about starting your own vegetable garden? We spoke to gardening experts about the crops that actually make sense ...

For the purpose of this column, a weed is defined as a plant growing somewhere it is not wanted. For many gardeners, weeds ...

Our column focuses on propagating herbaceous and woody perennials through stem cuttings. The process uses simple actions, requires few tools, takes little time or space and can generate ...

Learn from local experts this spring as the UC Master Gardener Program in Mariposa County hosts a free online workshop focused on perennial vegetables.

No matter your garden style you are likely to find a place for this year’s Perennial Plant of the Year, Blackhawks big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii ‘Blackhawks’). You’ll enjoy the beauty it adds to ...