While July is often seen as a time to kick back and enjoy your spring planting, there are a few heat-loving plants that can ...

Discover foolproof container combinations, expert planting tips, and colorful new blooms for creating a patio garden oasis.

Chicago gardeners often face tight spaces and variable spring weather, yet one local specialist has turned those constraints ...

If you garden on a balcony, rooftop or deck, you can grow many delightful summer bulbs in pots. I save many summer bulbs ...

Everywhere you look, spring flower bulbs are welcoming spring with cheerful, exuberant blooms. Bulbs and bulb-like plants can brighten up any space: They lift our souls, remind us of nature’s ...

As soon as spring rolls around, you’d think I’m running a plant nursery out of my suburban back yard. Surprisingly, I’m not. (I’ve never sold plants, but did my fair share of plant swaps.) Yet if you ...

Brandee Gruener is a digital editor and writer with 20 years of experience. Her articles on gardening, homes, food, and health have appeared in Hunker, American Gardener, and other national and ...

If you have some leftover bulbs that didn’t make it into the ground before it started snowing, then “forcing” them to bloom is a way to bring spring cheer into the house. Emma Erler, host of Homegrown ...

Question: I have an outdoor hanging basket of impatiens. Most of the flower petals have fallen off, but the remaining leaves and stems seem healthy. Will it eventually produce more flowers? Answer: ...