The sight and fragrance of lilacs, blooming in shades from deep violet-purple to pink to white, are among the splendors of spring. If you’d like to have that splendor in your yard, be careful about ...

This actually isn’t fungal, and instead is a population of a pest insect called white prunicola scale. Scale insects suck ...

After a tall tree in my garden developed a split, I had it removed last May (with city approval), revealing a large overgrown ...

If you grow lilacs in your landscape, chances are that you are enjoying that heavenly fragrance that lilacs are known for. Lilacs ( Syringa vulgaris) are one of the most popular deciduous shrubs ...

I’ve pruned a lot of plants in my time as a gardener. Some I had to tackle from atop a wobbly ladder, and at least once I had to take shears with me in a cherry picker, to confront a rather ...

We live in a beautiful part of the world where spring can come early or late, but you can’t stop the tapestry of green as new foliage emerges from trees and shrubs for the next few months. This is a ...

When it comes to gardening tasks, fall can feel like a season of preparation: getting your plants ready for the winter, and cleaning things up a bit so you have less work to do come spring. But if you ...

There's something effortlessly aesthetic about looking out your window and seeing a little slice of green with bursts of blooms between you and the rest of the world. Maybe it's the way leafy branches ...