Key Points Pruning hibiscus boosts branching, airflow, and blooms, though it delays flowers slightly.Tropical hibiscus is cut back by one-third in spring; hardy types just need dead stems removed.To ...

The seasonal transition from summer to autumn is traditionally a busy time in any garden. Along with routine tasks such as watering plants, deadheading flowers, and harvesting fruits and vegetables, ...

Pear trees produce juicy, sweet fruit, which can be enjoyed fresh, canned, or used in a wide array of recipes. To ensure your pear tree yields a bountiful harvest of high-quality fruit, proper pruning ...

Along with other East Coast states, Delaware is using natural materials to protect vulnerable coastal areas. Credit... Supported by By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Visuals by Erin Schaff For the past 50 ...

A new Stanford study challenges the decades-old view that the rise of land plants half a billion years ago dramatically changed the shapes of rivers. Rivers generally come in two styles: braided, ...

The khipu examined in the study, found to be made with a primary cord of human hair Hyland, School of Divinity, University of St Andrews via Science Advances A single lock of 500-year-old hair could ...

A pile of leaves, pieces of rotting fruit, dead tree branches. It's not your tree, it's not even planted inside your fence, but now it's your job to clean up its mess. The first reaction might be to ...

If you’ve ever wrestled with an overgrown fruit tree, you know the struggle: branches reaching for the sky, fruit hiding in a tangled mess and those pesky suckers popping up everywhere. But don’t ...

Flowers. Tropical hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis var. Cooperi) has variegated foliage in green, cream, and pink, as well as scarlet flowers that bloom on and off throughout the year. Unlike typical ...

Question: Our gardenia has grown a little taller then we would like and has finished flowering. Is now a good time to do the pruning? Answer: Often gardenias produce sporadic blooms during the summer ...

Dear Neil: I can keep my grass green around these pecans, but we would have a huge water bill if I tried to keep the trees fully watered. I see dead/dry branches throughout our neighborhood. Should I ...

In one of the 20th century’s more thought-provoking books, historian Daniel Boorstin argues that modern people—and especially Americans—have come to expect too much of the world. Boorstin’s book The ...