With spring ever so close, the urge to have that beautiful garden color can seem nagging. Here are ways to force the start of growing season.

Take a soil sample for testing if not done in the last three to five years. This is a good way to determine the amendments ...

Climate change affects everything around us, including the bumblebees, or Bummers in Scots, we all love. In a publication last month, the ...

With that in mind, here’s a little shortlist of exceptionally reliable, versatile ornamental shrubs for the spring garden.

These pretty, early spring flowers are the first to pop up in the garden. That’s what makes hellebores, winter heath and ...

Less is more when it comes to landscaping. While there’s something charming about old-fashioned backyards — the kind of lush, ...

If you have misconceptions or hesitance on double flowered Superbells calibrachoas, make this the year you try them.

Roses have long been the flower of choice for the holiday, but some see an opening for the humble tulip.

Providing the backbone of the garden in summer and a stark beauty in winter, small-leaved evergreens are invaluable. Hazel ...

In our climate, many plants add winter interest in the form of flowers, fragrance, and colourful berries, bark and foliage.

If you want to see year-round color, you don't need to look further than your backyard. There are many native shrubs and ...

As gardeners start to prepare their outdoor spaces for spring, a gardening expert has shared which plants to prune in ...