Q: I have planted lots of new coneflowers (echinacea) in my yard this year as part of a drought-tolerant, prairie-garden scheme. They have started to flower and they look beautiful, but I'm wondering ...

(Illustration by Tony O. Champagne, NOLA.com|The Times-Picayune archive) QUESTION: When you say deadhead, what are you referring to and how should it be done properly? I have trimmed back mums with ...

One of the first gardening tasks that children — or any beginner — can enjoy is removing spent flowers in the garden. It's rewarding to make the plant immediately look better. But what other benefits ...

Keep blooms in your garden well into fall. The end of summer may seem like a slow time in the garden as heat stresses plants, bloom production begins to reduce, and growth begins to slow, but it’s the ...

The rains these past couple of weeks have been great for blooming annuals and perennials. To keep those blooms coming spend some time in your garden removing the spent blooms, a practice referred to ...