Intense blue-purple flowers cover compact mounds of fine-textured foliage, creating jewel-like spots of color. Lobelia loves ...

Shake and spray. You must make direct hits on the beetles. The soap gums up the beetles' wings and they're finished. Spraying is much easier and effective than hand-picking or using pesticides. I make ...

I don’t know why some flowers always bring back memories of some TV show or movie. When I think of a lily, I always remember ...

Of all the many wide-ranging mint varieties, peppermint is the most pungent for companion planting, followed by spearmint.

“For year-round scent, it’s hard to beat lavender,” Kinley says. “In most U.S. hardiness zones, the branches will stay alive ...

Planting native flowers can help support birds, bees and butterflies around the DC region.

“Butterfly milkweed has showy clusters of vibrant red to orange, tubular blooms attract a wide variety of pollinators, ...

A HUGE garden retailer has slashed the price of stunning blue hydrangeas by half. Hydrangeas make a gorgeous edition to any ...

This vine will grow best in well-drained organic soils and produces the most blooms if planted in full sun. Crossvine can ...

Learn how to grow and care for garlic, an allium that thrives in a variety of conditions and can be used in the kitchen.

A rare tree at a garden in West Sussex is to flower for only the sixth time in almost 100 years. The 97-year-old Emmenopterys ...