USDA Hardiness Zone 6 spans from coast to coast, covering the temperate parts of the nation and offering great growing ...

A reader struggles with wild petunias. Plus, the tip of the week. "We have a wooded area on our land near Greensboro, North ...

"Annual" and "perennial" are terms that come up often in the plant world, and grasses are no exception. Knowing the ...

Have you noticed some of the spectacular blue and white flowers this summer? Among the ones that have attracted my attention are the white Cora vinca flowers. They are a summer annual, so they will ...

Add mulch: Fall-planted perennials are susceptible to heaving out of the soil in the freeze-and-thaw cycles during their first winter in the landscape. To keep plants in place and protect their ...

Our neighbor Mary has a small patch of milkweed behind her potting shed. It’s shaded by a young sassafras tree, and some ...

If you have St. Augustine or zoysia grass, fall is a time when brown patch fungus becomes active. The dry weather is helping ...

Rabbitbrush is an important late-season plant for pollinators, beneficial insects, and wildlife. This new queen will forage ...

Local farmers say they see only advantages to visiting and buying from local farms. Here's a look at local farms with a ...

Grass is wonderful in your lawn where it's supposed to be. But in your flower beds, you need an arsenal of tricks to remove ...

Explore ice-cream spots in North Carolina where locally sourced ingredients create flavors that are truly one-of-a-kind.

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida residents about nasturtiums, sweet alyssum, peach trees, watermelon, herbs and mums along with nut grass and doveweed control ...