February is the perfect time in late winter to clean up and prep these perennials for a summer of glorious blooms.

Whether you're a beginning gardener or just want low-maintenance blooms, here are the easiest flowers to grow in your flower ...

Joshua trees rely on a single species—the yucca moth—to pollinate their flowers. Bryan Ungard via Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 Joshua trees in the American Southwest are blooming early, a concerning ...

A snatch of song, a flash of movement, the twitch of a tail: Birds bring life and charm to the garden all year long, if you make it a welcoming place. “Some gardens are more bird-friendly than others, ...

Two new mandevilla vines with glowing flowers, a caladium with black leaves, and a bright-white zinnia that blooms all summer despite high heat headline the list of interesting new annual flowers ...

Campers look for life in a stream at Hervida 4-H camp in 2018. (File Photo) MARIETTA — Washington County is in need of 4-H camp counselors for summer camp with applications due by 4 p.m. Feb. 27. To ...

SLEEPY EYE, Minn. — On a quiet, summer day, Laurie Hammerschmidt and her dog Daisy, a 5-year-old boxer, take their routine walk around the shore of Sleepy Eye Lake. “Daisy likes to walk along the ...

It’s the end of the gardening season, and those of us who’ve endured a less-than-perfect layout may be itching to move shrubs around. But proper timing is imperative. I inadvertently planted a Clethra ...