Mastering Daylily Care to Transform Your Garden

Daylilies are striking flowering perennials that can enhance a landscape with little gardening effort. They bloom in various colors and range in size from one foot to 6 feet, though most are from 18 to 36 inches. Their tuberous root system can be deciduous or...

Borders in Landscape Design: History & Possibilities

Perennials are versatile plants with various creative uses in the garden, offering infinite exciting combinations. They add color, form, and texture, often for many years and with minimal maintenance. Looking at some landscape possibilities should stimulate ideas for...

Secrets to Hibiscus Care in Southern California

The hibiscus is an elegant blooming plant whose popularity is growing, whether container cultivated around decks, porches, and patios or used in landscape settings as annual color. While individual flowers may last only a day or so, especially in the hot summer, many...

Lawn Care Tips & Tricks for Easy Maintenance

The lawn is the foundation of suburban American landscapes and the pride and joy of (almost) every homeowner. But maintaining that luxurious lawn can be a pain and time drain. Weekends mowing and edging the grass Time wasted watering, weeding, and fertilizing Multiple...

How to Plant a Tree: a Gardener’s Guide

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. And if you wait a thousand years, a little acorn might drop in the precise location where you’d like an oak tree in your yard. But if you want that oak tree sooner, you might have to take matters into your own hands. How hard...