Written by Karen Tesch, Master Gardener at NCWMGA Winter sowing is an easy, inexpensive seed-starting technique where seeds ...

Cyclamen is an underappreciated holiday plant that deserves more attention. With about two dozen species, these perennials ...

Some annuals you can plant now include poppies, larkspur, delphinium, calendula and spurred snapdragon. These sometimes ...

Developing elite fruit cultivars typically requires long breeding cycles, especially in perennial woody species. This study ...

December brings the word snow to weather forecasts and opinions vary on the desire for snowfall. Certainly, winter activity ...

Think your Christmas cactus isn’t blooming? It might not be a Christmas cactus at all. Learn how to tell the difference ...

Let us start with the good. Overall snow cover is a good thing for plants — not just perennials, bulbs and groundcovers, but also root systems of trees and shrubs. Snow provides insulation from ...

The healthiest Texas sage I ever saw was a large specimen that, seemingly by a miracle, was blooming adjacent to a freeway ...

Black bears sometimes wander into yards, even when your garbage is out of reach. But if they keep coming back, there's a ...

If you’re not weeding, you’re not gardening. There. I said it. I guess that should really read, “if you’re not weeding, you’re not gardening right.” If you’re gardening in a way that makes a good home ...