9 of the Best Asian Pear Cultivars

Before moving to Florida, I spent most of my life in the Mid-Atlantic. For more than thirty years, the bleak brown grass or glaring white snow-covered landscape of winter was disappointing to me because I love color.It felt as though the winter would never end, and the dor

Good ol’ spinach. It’s so nutritious that it has become an avatar for healthy eating. It thrives in weather too cold for lettuce, and it matures so fast that you can have multiple harvests each season.There’s so much to love about the versatile little gr

Finding color in the garden during the spring and summer is easy, with so many gorgeous flowers in bloom. But did you know you still enjoy attractive, colorful plants throughout the cooler months of autumn, and right into winter?We link to vendors to help you find relevant products. If you buy f

The Best of the Rest from the Show Gardens

Dragon fruit, also known as pitayas, are available in different sizes, shapes, skin colors, flesh colors, and flavor profiles. And these cultivars have different sun, heat, and cold tolerances.So, when you grow them at home, you’ll want

If the word “poinsettia” conjures up one color and one color only – red – you are in for a treat: a whirlwind tour of 35 different poinsettia cultivars, in many different beguiling hues.Poinsettias, the favorite holiday houseplant

There are so many different kinds of onions to choose from. Some are delicious when they’re picked early, lending a subtle flavor to salads and stews, while others prefer to remain in the soil for a full growing season and store well in cool, dry temperatures.We link to vendors to help you find relevant

Does the threat of cold weather and the changing of the seasons bring a tear to your eye? Pre-winter blues got you down?Just because it’s turned crisp and co

When I say “persimmon,” what do you think of?Perhaps you once bit into an underripe

A certain family member of mine insists that only the tuberous root veggies with cream-colored flesh are real sweet potatoes. The orange things, she says, are yams.Friends, my dear family member is wrong. Just about

Some plants get all the attention, with their massive flowers or bold foliage colors. Then there are the humble workhorses doing their job without any fuss or muss, making our lives easier and our gardens prettier.Sedges are one such plant. For the most part, they’re nearl

Why spend the money on a bunch of flimsy plastic Halloween decorations when you could just grow your own?Nature is full of plants with creepy colors, twisting vines, and spiky st