We all know that there is a specific kind of magic that happens when spring finally arrives. The world stretches awake, the soil softens, and suddenly every neighbor with a porch pot becomes a garden ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The American sycamore tree flowers in spring and completes seed maturity in ...

After all the weeding, watering, and raking of the seasons prior, there's no shame in taking a break from your busy garden in winter. But if you're someone who feels happiest when your hands are caked ...

Compared to the magnificent size of dinnerplate dahlias or the heady fragrance of peonies, the diminutive, papery-thin blooms of statice may at first, appear underwhelming. However, this humble ...

Statice seedlings in a seed starting container near a sunny window. - photoPOU/Shutterstock After all the weeding, watering, and raking of the seasons prior, there's no shame in taking a break from ...