Columnist Rick Magee compares the arrival of spring in Connecticut with its 'sneakier and less dramatic' launch during his ...

Hardy and resilient, a lilac can live for many decades, and if it is not regularly pruned, it can become tangled, overgrown ...

Grumpy shares advice on how to remove spiky smilax vine for good, explains why black walnut trees produce toxins and which ...

Behind the humble old farmhouse on Camp Branch Road, one will find a forsythia adorned with ribbons, each fluttering in the ...

If your garden looks fine right now, that doesn’t mean spring went well. Some of the most damaging gardening mistakes of the ...

The short answer is that this year’s disappointing bloom season was probably not caused by one factor, but by a chain of ...

AS the weather improves, many of us will be spending more time in our gardens. But there’s nothing worse than a prying ...

WITH pricey tickets (I’m looking at you, Chelsea) and too much focus on celebrities over plants, flower shows are becoming ...

Prune as soon as flowering has finished. This will give the plant plenty of time to grow new, flowering wood for next spring. First, remove all dead or damaged wood. Then cut away at ground level up ...

Forsythia shrubs put on a scintillating early spring display of bright yellow blooms. Once this fades, it is time for a few core maintenance tasks. Understanding what to do with forsythia in April ...

High in the mountains of Higashiyoshino, Takami Village, locally better known as Takami no Sato, is almost unknown to ...