Aluminum plant is a silver-splashed tropical species that has proved its “metal” as a houseplant, but it requires higher ...

Learning how to force bulbs is fairly easy. It consists of tricking popular bulbs to bloom out of season indoors. There are ...

“Mistletoe berries are super toxic — they can cause a heart attack and even death,” Dr. Carol Osborne, of the Ohio-based ...

I made this oak’s acquaintance courtesy of “Plants for the Winter Garden” (Timber Press, 2024), by Warren Leach. The author ...

With our warmer-than-average fall and plants holding onto leaves, I’ve been asked if trees are at risk of cold-weather injury ...

I’ve been taking Miguel, my 12-year-old Havanese, for 3,500-step walks around the neighborhood lately (and telling myself ...

Parts of Marin, Napa, and Sonoma Counties were under a freeze warning from the National Weather Service on Saturday from ...

While American holly is native just south of Indiana in portions of Kentucky, there is a deciduous holly known as winterberry (Ilex verticillata) that is native to wetlands scattered throughout ...

It's common for poinsettias to thrive into February and beyond, but their once colorful leaves will be replaced by all green ...

If there is one certainty for all humans, it’s that we are drawn to natural elements.

The Darwinian Gardener pulled into his driveway and noticed that something felt different. It took him an extra second to ...

Pasque flowers are exceptionally cold hardy flowers that bloom early in spring, but even though they tolerate the cold, they ...