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When previously healthy plants steadily decline or new plants never seem to get going, knowing how to analyze your soil could save you a lot

Fall is the best time to plant almost all perennial plants.In the fall, the soil is still warm, so roots will continue to grow. Plants plan

Chinese Peony 'Festiva Maxima'Paeonia lactiflora'Festiva Maxima' is a fragrant peony that has been in cultivation for over 150 years. It is

Geranium xcantabrigiense 'Biokovo'Now there's another reason to grow this easy-care, low-growing beauty with sweet white/pink flowers and gl

Choosing a watermelon for the Fourth of July? Slap it to determine ripeness. Good ones sound hollow; unripe ones sound like you're hitting s

Green roofs saw a 10% increase in square footage in 2013, maintaining the double-digit growth rates they have experienced over the past

Dear Fellow Gardener, If you take pleasure in working the soil through your fingers ... if you can look back at the earth you've tende

Hosta Fans, Click here to see the AHS Spring eNewsletter! Check out the report on the "foliar nematode" project, the "First Look" conferen

Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'An original, and still a champion.An oldie, and still a goodie.Late in the 19th century, America's avant-ga

For Earth Month, let's pay a tribute to natural methods of pest and weed control in the garden. We are constantly looking for new ways to r

If there's a famous (legal) grass, this is it. The eponymous introduction of a legendary German plantsman, 'Karl Foerster' was the first

Deep wine to ruby red flowers appear atop Coreopsis ‘Red Satin’s tightly mounding, threadleaf plants all summer long.The first of