Keeping pests away from your lawn and garden can be a frustrating, ongoing battle. Fortunately, these plants can help you ...

Neapolitan or Sweet basil. “If you’re picking leaves, make sure to do this once the plant is mature and flowering for maximum flavor,” explains Amanda Schmitt, homemaking expert and owner of Life As ...

Basil Bonsai will be an attractive ... How often do you come upon a flowering plant that gives a so-so performance in a ...

Blooming now is the native Bulbine Lily ... A vigorous annual herb, this bushy plant is great in full sun to part shade, and is prized for its delicate basil, mint and fennel scent and flavour. In the ...

IN the 19th and for most of the 20th centuries, Georgetown was proudly known as "the Garden City of the West Indies."  The gardens referred to the flowering ...

Farmers in NJ are working with producers in Ukraine, Sudan, Palestine, Yemen and other conflict areas to grow culturally ...

There’s no doubt that the charming town of Mendocino on the North Coast of California is a mystical and magical place.

As part of the Retailers’ Choice Awards, a jury of volunteer garden retailers browsed the aisles and highlighted 15 different ...

When it comes to bulbs, this time of year much of our attention is focused on getting ready to plant spring-blooming bulbs, and rightfully so. From crocus and daffodils to ...

I have one of those flower gardens that people pause and take pictures of. But every time someone passes my garden and ...

In addition to attracting hummingbirds, vivid, long-blooming firebush serves as both larval food and nectar plant for ...

A cool-season flower that can be set out in early spring, sweet alyssum fades in the summer heat, but its clusters of tiny ...