When planting a fruit tree, most gardeners think of purchasing an Anna apple, August Pride peach, Mission fig or Santa Rosa ...

As temperatures drop, muscadine vines across North Florida enter their winter dormancy. Dormancy is essential for protecting ...

Fast-growing plants have their benefits, but with these evergreens, there are also drawbacks. From being disease-prone to ...

The best color is on new growth — branches that are just a year or two old. Older branches will turn grayish or brown. “To ...

December is the coldest month of the year in our area, but there are a few activities that will get you out in the garden this month. Maybe taking a ...

Botanists classify berries into a wide range of types – a true berry is a fruit formed by a single flower with seeds embedded in the pulp. Berries here, however, refer to horticultural usage – any ...

December can be a nerve-wracking time for many gardeners. The weather gets colder every week, snow begins to accumulate on ...

Q: When should I prune my rose bushes? They never really go completely dormant, in that they keep their leaves and ...

Folks stay with their Christmas tree seller like they do with their dentist,” contended Fauquier farmer Hank Green, ...

There are so many that I could recommend that I hope you’ll view this as just a starting point as you select native trees to ...

A few years ago, I had an unusual request from one of my clients. My client asked me to design a landscape that would be sensitive to wildlife and attract certain birds to her yard. At the time, it ...

Some 2,000 oranges are picked Friday in annual harvest from the surviving tree that launched the citrus boom. Columnist David ...