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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.

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.

DIY Holiday Bird Feeder

One of my favorite things to do on a lazy Saturday afternoon is to sit by the window with a cup of tea and watch the birds. Recently, my oldest daughter helped me make these festive pine cone bird feeders to encourage our feathered friends to visit more often. And because it’s the holiday season, we adorned our bird fe

10 Mistakes You Make Buying Plants

Common Challenges, Easy Solutions

There’s a good chance you have one of these challenges in your landscape – Luann has suggestions for how to manage those little things that could be better.

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.

Easy Herbs for Great Flavor & Beauty

Growing herbs can be one of the easiest ways to bring great inspiration and flavor to your meals. The simplicity of growing herbs can be summarized as...

This SE Portland nursery helps gardeners mix things up

Who says you can’t plant a fig tree in the middle of a perennial garden? One Green World is big on fruit trees and unusual 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?

looking up at leaves. See the fruit?

Ficus dammaropsis in my garden - looking up at leaves. See the fruit?

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 …

How to diagnose garden plant, tree and houseplant problems

Master gardener Leimone Waite answers readers’ questions about plants, garden tools and their use, and gardening techniques.

Why Pawpaws Are the Ideal Fruit Trees for Your Garden

Sometimes called Indian Bananas, these trees are a great option for your garden, as they grow easily, have a tropical appearance, and bear tasty fruit. So, the next time you see a pawpaw, dig in.