If your garden is full of sun, many great shrubs will love it, producing fabulous flowers and interesting berries. If you’re ...

Not many flowers have the power to infuse a whole garden with fragrant smells. Some never had the ability, while others lost ...

A: Apple trees commonly produce shoots where the trunk emerges from ground level, often termed crown suckers. If allowed to ...

As far as summer perennials go, catmint is at the top of horticulturist Christine Froehlich’s list for pruning. "The number ...

"Nothing makes me happier (and feel like a little kid again) than seeing so many new residents after all the rain we've had this week," the caption read. They listed some of the native plants in their ...

For about two weeks every spring, my letter carrier, delivery drivers and just about everyone else who walks into my yard comments on the deliciously strong scent emanating from the two lilac shrubs f ...

One of the signature indicators of spring is the gently wafting scent of the common lilac (syringa vulgaris). I look forward to daily checking my mail because of the lilac bush by the mailbox. It ...

Lilacs can grow in light shade but bloom the best when they have plenty of full sun. If they are getting plenty of sun and ...

Lilacs are prized for their large fragrant petals composed of many individual florets. Some of them have a double form to make them even showier.

What you need to do when the blooming season ends to make sure next year’s crop thrives. Light pruning of dead or damaged lilac branches should be done right after flowering finishes, but there ...