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Tree Guide: a great guide to help you decide what to plant

Tree Guide: a great guide to help you decide what to plant

16 Invasive Species Sold at Garden Centers You Should Never Buy

These 16 invasive species of plants are commonly sold at garden centers - beware of them and DO NOT buy them from your garden store!

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.

13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard

13 Trees You Should Never Plant In Your Yard For most people, the end of summer and approach of autumn means cooler temperatures, harvest time for crops, a

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.

10 Flower Arranging Tips

A florist at heart? These 10 tips will help your flower arrangements last longer and have a professionally polished touch.

10 Reasons to Love a Tiny Garden

Small outdoor spaces can have a beauty all their own

10 Mistakes You Make Buying Plants

Plant and Grow Strawberry Plugs

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.