Like pruning, which refers to cutting back growth to maintain a tidy appearance, deadheading is a vital maintenance task that involves manually pinching off any spent blooms and seed heads. For many ...

While it's nice to blanket your garden with pollinator-friendly plants, the pollen carriers may still give your place a miss. Not out of chagrin or unfounded enmity, but because it got too cold, or ...

Yellow flowers seem to symbolize happiness, warmth, hope, and positivity. They add a bright and cheerful touch to any space, from flower gardens to windowsills. If you're considering adding a splash ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Also known as pot ...

Here are the winners for 2026. Year of the Ficus. Ficusses are quite common houseplants. The edible fig is also part of the Ficus family. The key to growing healthy indoor Ficus is to give plants as ...

Fill your gardens with beautiful plants that produce an abundance of seeds the birds will love. You'll enjoy the flowers as well as the birds that visit to dine on the seeds - and best of all, there ...

In the era of the Barbie movie and Taylor Swift, the color pink is certainly popping. Everywhere you go, it seems like people can't get enough of the color pink—from clothing pieces to furniture items ...

Even before the coronavirus crisis sparked renewed interest in vegetable gardens and victory gardens, there’s been a movement toward more traditional gardening aesthetics. For example, there are ...

In order to reproduce, most flowering plants rely on animals to move their pollen. In turn, pollinators rely on flowers for food, including both nectar and pollen. If you're a gardener, you might want ...