"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Things start heating up in your garden when summer rolls around. Oftentimes, gardeners think that ...

You can grow trees in the summer—but they require additional watering, special care, and attention. Certain types of trees, like black tupelo and Mediterranean hackberry, are better suited to summer ...

Blue flowers are appropriate for the summer because of the cooling ambiance they provide. Speaking of which, are you familiar with blue lace, also known as throatwort (Trachelium caeruleum)? If not, ...

Mother’s Day is a milestone that arrives at the same time as the historic no-more-chance-of-frost date in southcentral Pennsylvania, when it’s “safe” to plant the summer annuals and warm-weather ...

Dreaming of a garden that looks lush and colorful without months of waiting? Fast-growing flowers can quickly fill your yard ...

Deadheading, the removal of spent blooms, encourages new growth and more flowers. Annuals like zinnias and marigolds benefit from frequent deadheading, while others like impatiens are self-deadheading ...

With so many gorgeous varieties of bearded iris available, it's hard to know where to begin. Enter professional gardener Peg ...

Sow 2 Grow is a summer program for teens with disabilities and uses gardening to help them build skills. Participants weed, water, harvest and plant over the course of the program, which uses a ...

Have you ever wondered what Santa does in the off season? Hopefully he is a gardener. But what plants even grow in the Arctic ...