This spring has been a banner year for the hydrangea flowers: the mop heads, the lace caps, and the oak-leaf types. I really don't know how to explain this outstanding and bountiful show this year.

The first week of February is all about forsythia and pruning. Forsythia is the bright yellow shrub ready to burst into blooms and you can prune it now to force the flowers into an early show indoors.

The third week of July is the beginning of hydrangea season. I love hydrangeas so much that I have an entire outdoor garden room devoted to shade-loving hydrangeas. (You can see the blue and white ...

It pays to keep your eyes open when you’re out in the garden. In 1983, Vern Black of Minnesota’s Bailey Nurseries noticed a Hydrangea macrophylla in a neighbor’s yard that bloomed its head off every ...

The end of August is the time to pick up fallen fruit, harvest ripe vegetables, dead head flowers and keep your eyes open for any weeds that have evaded your summer weeding sessions and are now going ...

Question: My hydrangeas have beautiful green leaves but they are not blooming. I had one lonely flower on one of my plants. My neighbors have the same complaint. Can you help me? Answer: Failure to ...