My Russian sages ( Perovskia —which by the way are not from Russia or in the sage family) were still sporting silver leaves and about half of their tall, arching sprays of teensy lavender flower ...

Step 1 - Water Thoroughly: "As winter approaches, give your crape myrtle a deep watering to help it withstand the dry winter months," he notes. "Especially if your area doesn’t ...

Read on to learn when and why you should take clippers to your crepe myrtle and how to prune a crepe myrtle the right way.

Q : How do I save the holly tree (see reader's photo)? How best to prune the crape myrtle right on the edge to the left of neighbor's trash cans? It is too tall. Thank you so much. A ...

When I’m trying to assemble ideas for a story, I jot them down on note cards and shuffle them around until they start to work ...

UD insect ecology and conservation student Thor Freeman pursues medical entomology career with the U.S. Air Force ...

In Central Florida, leaves usually start changing in November, but warmer-than-usual temperatures have delayed the color ...

Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including care of impatiens, poinsettias, squash, crape myrtles, ginger plants, hydrangeas and plumeria.

The seeds that you remove from your apple slices can actually be planted into the ground and, within about ten years, you'll ...

November might be the prime time to head out and look for those Fall colors that fill the Florida landscape this time of year ...

But the leaves of Florida maple, sweetgum, crape myrtles, blackgums, correl and cypress trees all change colors, with general ...