There are three kinds of peonies—herbaceous, tree, and intersectional—that have different care needs and uses. Use peonies as in flower beds, mixed beds, along borders, or as statement pieces to add ...

Did you hear about the potatoes that broke up? Apparently, they couldn’t see eye to eye. Speaking of potatoes, I don’t think anyone locally got their spuds planted on Good Friday this year, even ...

If you want your yard or garden to wake up in stunning color after a long winter, plant this undemanding perennial in October ...

October is a fine time to plant a tree or shrub. “The air has cooled off, but the soil is still pretty warm,” said Spencer Campbell, Plant Clinic manager at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. That means ...

If you are after a versatile, native shrub that offers real interest throughout the seasons and is easy to maintain, then ninebark ticks all the right boxes. It is a tough native shrub that you can ...

Trees are important landscape components that grow slowly but often outlast most other plants. They offer visual height, shade, and a habitat for birds, and well-planted trees could very well outlive ...

It seems pretty simple to plant a tree. Dig a hole. Drop in a tree. Fill the hole. Add water. Go back inside and have a beer. What could go wrong? Yet year after year, we see trees planted incorrectly ...

Question. I have plenty of pods from a magnolia tree that are full of the red seeds. How are they planted to grow new trees? Answer. Grow a magnolia forest by first removing the red covering from the ...