Hold off on pruning. Winter is a good time to prune a deciduous tree or shrub, but not an evergreen. Because the plant isn’t dormant, pruning in winter can stimulate new growth, prompting soft new ...

Parts of Marin, Napa, and Sonoma Counties were under a freeze warning from the National Weather Service on Saturday from ...

We know we should grow plants to help feed hummingbirds during the summer, but in areas where these birds overwinter, here's ...

Like the essential evergreen tree, poinsettias are a Christmas tradition. But how long do poinsettias last? Their beauty ...

The Darwinian Gardener pulled into his driveway and noticed that something felt different. It took him an extra second to ...

City Manager Brian Platt first announced plans for a solar array at Kansas City International Airport, potentially the ...

If we’re hallucinating, we may not be hallucinating exactly the same thing.

Garden therapy is not a new idea. In the 19th century, wealthy people who had nervous breakdowns went on rest cures that ...

If you’ve ever walked through your house or garden and spotted a plant that looks pale, stretched, or weak, you’ve ...

Manure is a first-rate, albeit smelly, treasure trove of nutrients, with all the macro- and micronutrients plants need to grow (though not necessarily in the right concentrations). While phosphorus of ...

Jon Sperling secretly spread a non-native species across the Northeast. “It’s insane what this guy was doing,” a biologist ...

As world leaders debate ways to reduce carbon emissions at the UN's COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, an Australian ...