Growing a peach tree from a pit lets you enjoy the fun of raising a tree, even though it won’t match the parent fruit. Starting with a clean, dried pit and giving the seed a cold rest helps it sprout ...

Protect your garden from frost with these easy tips. Prep now to extend your growing season and shield tender plants from ...

The best plants to add color to a winter garden are those that can handle chilly weather while showing off flowers, berries, ...

It may not look like much is going on in a winter garden, but there's a lot going on behind the scenes. Prune these plants in ...

Take the guesswork out of harvesting with our guide on how to prune a peach tree to yield bigger, better fruit.

There are so many that I could recommend that I hope you’ll view this as just a starting point as you select native trees to ...

Yes, it may seem unfathomable, but you can really grow a pistachio tree from one of its nuts, so long as that nut is fresh, ...

Do not remove the tree from the warm indoors and put it outside if temperatures are freezing. It’s best to let the tree ...

The etymology of mistletoe — a plant with small, oval evergreen leaves and waxy white berries — may strike some as repugnant.

Here are five things to do in the garden: Thyme. Thyme is the most cold-hardy herb and is therefore suitable for the fall and winter garden. Even if it should die back in a hard freeze, it will regrow ...

My grandma would like the spindly plant that is tentatively sending new shoots out of a small pot on my kitchen windowsill. Recently split from its parent, it is a fragile descendant of the luxuriant ...

Snow also protects plant crowns and roots from repeated freezing and thawing, which often happens when soil is bare during winter. Without snow or winter mulch, warm sunlight can heat the soil surface ...