What kind of plant is best? A free one! Although many people think about creating new plants in the spring, there are many ...

Take a look at new shoots growing on a favorite shrub or vine and you'll see that the bases of these shoots may be beginning to toughen up, their once soft, green outer layer turning brown and woody.

Readers: A correction to a previous column. When pruning a Miss Kim lilac, it should be done in the spring AFTER it blooms. Thanks to reader Tony G. Q: I have a very large Thanksgiving cactus plant in ...

Rooting cuttings always has taken a bit of guesswork. In order to tell if roots are sufficiently developed for transplanting, you must gently pull the plant out of the potting medium and hope you ...

Propagating houseplants is usually an easy procedure. Simply take cuttings, or slips, of new growth and place them in a rooting medium. In a few weeks they are rooted and ready to be potted. This ...

If naturalists can’t convince you, maybe nature can. Some types of towering trees can mean trouble in landscaping and tragedy in a hurricane. Falling trees during Hurricane Katrina’s initial blasts ...