It is going to be very hot from now until October, so make sure that you have plenty of shade in which to shelter from the ...

Divide irises when they are dormant in midsummer. After blooming in spring, plants slowly move into a dormant period that ...

Ask UW-Extension horticulture educator Lisa Johnson your questions about your yard, garden and plants. Send questions to ...

Certain trees, like figs, crape myrtles, calamondins, ginkgos, and Japanese maples, can thrive when planted in pots rather ...

Purchase trees from a local nursery and plant between spring and early fall. Tulip trees do best in a sunny spot that has ...

Your grass and your garden will need about an inch of water per week to thrive (and that includes water from rain, too!).

It turns out there is one plant that slugs cannot resist, which keeps them coming back, but with a few simple steps, you can ...

On the Kern River, a Southern California Edison hydroelectric plant diverts water and leaves a 16-mile section of the river ...

One of my favorite spring flowers for perennials is the peony. Peonies are a long-lived perennial that you should be able to enjoy for decades. A few years after Sharon and I got married; my parents ...

An "infestation of thrips" may sound like the title of an episode of Star Trek, but it's no fun for a gardener. Here's how to ...

Nestled in the heart of Gainesville sits a natural wonder so unexpected, so beautifully bizarre, that it feels like stepping into another dimension – Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park, where ...

I received an email from one of my readers about her Rhubarb or Rheumrhabarbarum. It seems that the stalks on her rhubarb were as thin and weak as they haveever been. Her rhubarb normally does well ...