A man walks into a garden center. “I’m looking”, he says, “for something that grows quickly, is extremely hardy, doesn’t need a lot of care and is beautiful all the

Dahlias are easy plants to grow and yield beautiful blooms from mid-summer through fall. In many respects, “dahlia culture” is similar to “tomato culture.” If you can grow tomatoes in

“Is there a general rule of thumb for when to prune deciduous flowering shrubs?” is a question posed by beginning gardeners all the time. This is as it should be,

When you come across a helpless-looking baby bird out of its nest, it’s hard to resist the overpowering urge to come to the rescue. But most of the time it’s

These days, a great many gardeners are growing the plants for their garden from seeds. This allows a gardener to have access to a wide variety of plants that are