As temperatures cool down, the garden seems to come alive again, especially with the recent rains. Dahlias, zinnias, and ...

Ornamental grasses provide an easy-to-care-for, beautiful ground cover. Do they need to be pruned, though? The answer might surprise you.

When you grow ornamental grasses, they don't need pruning in the fall ... deciduous grasses back to the base and remove dead leaves from evergreen grasses. Loropetalum is a genus of four shrub species ...

LET’S REVIEW A perfect and a little-known method which is totally appropriate now in the month of October. I have numerous times explained, and rightly so, how pruning at the wrong time of year can ...

The best time to prune depends on the type of tree. Spring-flowering trees (dogwoods, redbuds, ornamental cherries) should be ...

Callicarpa, or the beauty berry, is another gorgeous shrub to consider when looking for plants for autumn colour. As its name ...

Lavender is prized for its richly fragrant flowers and gorgeous foliage, but flowering is often limited to a couple of months in summer. Luckily, there are ways to make the blooms last longer.

Clean-up is an essential fall chore, but what it means — and how much you should actually do — has shifted in recent years.

Use wood ashes around the vegetable garden, bulb beds, and around non-acid loving plants if soil pH is below 6.0. Remember that N.C. Department of Agriculture soil testing is still free until ...

Doty Nurseries’ success is rooted in the team’s ability to expand production, diversify its customer base and continue clean ...

After a tall tree in my garden developed a split, I had it removed last May (with city approval), revealing a large overgrown ...

After a summer of growth, you may be ready to bring out those loppers and that new handheld tiny chainsaw pruner this fall and give your shrubs a haircut. But if you want healthy shrubs and some ...