You may have already planted some late-summer blooms, which are merrily continuing to put on a show. But if you're looking for something new, now's a great time to get shrubs and trees in the ground, ...

Angela Nelson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning digital editor and storyteller who covered a variety of general interest stories on MNN (now part of Treehugger) from 2014-2019. Though some of the 80 known ...

BOSTON (CBS) - After the warmest winter on record, we're racing full steam into spring - giving the landscape a breather. "This warm weather is actually allowing some of these plants that were heavily ...

When I was studying horticulture, loamy soil was flagged up as the most desirable type of soil since it incorporates a perfect mix of sand, silt and clay. So if you're looking for the best plants for ...

When Kathleen Salisbury worked in a garden center, lots of customers asked for plants with four-season interest. Most of them equated that with evergreens. Salisbury, now director of Temple University ...

Each year, those with a green thumb spread out mulch to protect their gardens, plants and trees. Mulch has lots of benefits for plants including keeping them warm, protecting moisture and preventing ...

Laura Altvater of Portland Nursery was surprised to see the damage left by a rare spring storm when she went to work at the nursery’s Southeast Stark Street location Monday morning. A crabapple tree ...

Michigan native plants are, unsurprisingly, plants that have existed in Michigan for hundreds or even thousands of years. Because they are native, they are well adapted to Michigan’s unique soils and ...