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Tree Guide: a great guide to help you decide what to plant

Tree Guide: a great guide to help you decide what to plant

16 Invasive Species Sold at Garden Centers You Should Never Buy

These 16 invasive species of plants are commonly sold at garden centers - beware of them and DO NOT buy them from your garden store!

Top 10 Plants You Can't Kill

Tough as nails, but they're pretty, too. Turn your black thumb into a green thumb with our picks for the top 10 plants you can't kill.

13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard

13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard For most people, the end of summer and approach of autumn means cooler temperatures, harvest time for crops, a

10 Best Plants for Container Gardening

Container gardening continues to be hot. Homeowners like that containers are easy to maintain. Here are 11 of the best plants for container gardening.

How to Feed Birds All Year Long

As the seasons change from winter to spring to summer to fall, switch up what you're serving in your feeders to attract more birds to your backyard.

Why Your Garden Needs Mulch (Assuming You Do It Right)

Used correctly, mulch builds and improves your soil like nothing else. But don’t make these common mistakes.

10 Mistakes You Make Buying Plants

Plant and Grow Strawberry Plugs

Garden: Grow a tree indoors with figs

When we enter shopping malls or indoor office buildings with bright skylights and windows, we oftentimes encounter indoor plants of various sizes. To give height to some of the spaces, we often see a variety of fig trees ranging from 6 to 20 feet tall.

2 the Garden: How to plant bare root trees, shrubs

Gardening expert Jackie Albarella explains how to plant bare root plants.

Trees and Plants to Grow for an All-Year Fruit Garden

If you have a little space for a garden, you’re probably growing seasonal vegetables—but there’s never a bad time of year to grow fruit, either. This graphic shows you plants that grow fruit at any time of year, including some year-round options that’ll feed you in the warm and cool months alike.

Ask the Gardener: Too late for tulips? Did the ice damage my tree?

Our expert answers questions about keeping trees healthy after limbs break, whether it’s too late to plant tulip and daffodil bulbs, and how to find unusual plants.

The Addicted Gardener: What they'd want under the tree (besides compost)

Each year many of us wrack our brains trying to find just the right gift to give friends or family members for the holidays. I reached out to my friends

4 Low-Maintenance Trees To Grow For New Gardeners

People’s interest in gardening is going up steadily over the years. According to the National Gardening Survey, 38% of people between the ages of 18 to 34 plan on spending time on their lawn and garden. This is not surprising given that updating the yard can add more value to the property. It also creates a more welcoming [...Read More]

Garden Advice: Fig trees are easy to grow from cuttings

I just received a branch of a fig tree, and I would like to know how to root it and grow it in a pot or in my backyard. —

Made in the Shade: Building a Vertical Garden Under the Canopy of Our Guava Tree

Our gorgeous old guava tree deserved better than its drab fencing. Using almost a dozen Woolly Pockets, we built a vertical garden made for the shade.

Master Gardener: What’s causing curled leaves on a lemon tree?

And what’s this low-growing weed in my yard with yellow flowers?

Punch List: Fall tips for preparing your garden, trees and lawn for winter

Indoor lights need to be turned on earlier after “falling back” an hour. Before you entirely switch off the outdoor garden, tuck it in properly with a rake up, clean up and cover up. Raking …