Although many gardeners would think of a sprawling, somewhat unruly, and vine-like shrub when you mention blue plumbago (Plumbago auriculata), there is a related species in the same family that grows ...

Garden long enough, and you’re almost guaranteed to one day encounter a nest of stinging insects while pruning or weeding. Yellowjackets and baldfaced hornets are two of the most common bugs that ...

I love old gardening sayings that have passed the test of time. One of my favorites is “prune until it hurts, and then prune some more.” The truism is meant to allay our fear of pruning, as though ...