How and When to Prune an Overgrown Juniper Shrub | Gardener's Path

You put a plant in what you thought was the perfect place, but over the years that location turns out to be less than ideal. Who among gardeners hasn’t been there before?Maybe you didn’t realize how big the b

The fabulous, unfussy ‘Blue Star’ juniper started out as a happy accident, and thank goodness someone stumbled across it.Now we’re all lucky enough to be able to use it as a part of our landscaping. The pet

If you want a beautiful plant and a full harvest of tart and tangy elderberries, adding fertilizer is a task you can’t put off if you want to enjoy the fruits of your labor to the fullest.Fertilizing will not only help your plant

Finding flowers in your food isn’t as surprising as it used to be. Marigolds and pansies are a pretty common sight in salads, and candied rose petals and violets decorate all kinds of desserts.But I have yet to order a dish at a restaurant and find fuchsia flowers –

If you’ve ever checked out the roses at your local nursery, I’m sure you’ve noticed that some appear to grow small and have petite blossoms, while others are big and bushy, with blossoms that look like they must have a thousand petals. Maybe you’ve heard of wild or tea roses, but you’re wondering w

Believe it or not, there’s a right way and a wrong way to buy a rose to plant in the garden.I know. It seems like you just go to the store, ch

I know, you thought you were reading an article on a gardening website, and here we are talking about some sort of new haircut?Nah, the Chelsea chop isn’t the l

When it comes to herbal remedies, some species get all the attention.It’s difficult to find someone who hasn’t heard of echinacea.

Do you know the old saying about how good things come in small packages? Creeping junipers rarely stretch above a foot or so tall, but they make an outsized impact.This species of evergreen comes in some unusual colors like y

My grandma would make dolls out of the hollyhocks that grew in her front yard, turning the large blossoms into skirts for her new companions.She taught us to do the same thin

For a tough plant that thwarts hungry deer, marauding rabbits, swarms of aphids, and even most diseases, heather has a delicate beauty all its own.While it comes from regions that sport some pretty inhospitable environments, h

I know what you’re thinking: yet another thing you have to do to take care of your roses?! Isn’t all the pruning, deadheading, pest control, and disease prevention enough?!Don’t worry, this task is easy and not everyone