A bumblebee’s buzz can shake a flower like a salt shaker. By carrying the fallen pollen to other flowers, bumblebees help plants make the fruits and seeds they use to reproduce and that birds, bears, ...

The hallmarks of a New England summer are heat and humidity; the amount of each, respectively, can render conditions pleasant ...

What do you get when a tomato and a tuber-less plant meet in the Andes? A potato, nature’s starchy lovechild and one of ...

You carefully tend to your tomato plants, but they produce no fruit or only small ones. The plant has flowers, yet they ...

Proper drying, cleaning and storage techniques are vital for maintaining seed viability. Seeds need to be stored in a cool, ...

Halloween isn't just about carved pumpkins and fake cobwebs. You can create a genuinely eerie atmosphere in your garden using ...

This rare specimen offers green-thumbed shoppers the chance to grow two varieties of plums on the same tree, as it comes from ...

Discover the tried-and-true plants a garden writer grows to attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds—and how you can ...

Read up into the basics of flower pollination — there's more to it than meets the eye! Plus, find flowers to grow in your ...

Any volunteer plants growing in spots that don’t suit you can often be successfully dug up and moved to your preferred location – this said, a more naturally planted garden can be a fantastic way of ...

Bridging the gap between spring and fall bloomers means seeking plants that peak during the dog days of summer, when heat is ...