Here are my easy tips for caring for your Norfolk pine tree year round.

Drying hydrangea stems is very simple and a great way to enjoy your beautiful flowers long after the growing season has ended.

Learn about pine tree seasonal needle drop and how to tell the difference between this natural process or signs of a larger issue.

Rather than form, it's Baptisia australis's function that has lead to it's unique name. Learn more about this true-blue native perennial.

Here's my gardening checklist for July to keep your plantings looking lush, healthy and productive into the fall.

One of the harbingers of spring, few flowers can compare to the vibrancy or the drama that surrounds the tulip.

Here are my 3 most essential gardening tasks to get your space in tip-top shape for the season ahead.

The idea of immortality has woven itself into cultures for ages. Find out why the cedar tree has such a close association with it.

One of the questions I get asked most often this time of year is how to handle and prepare the garden as we move towards winter. Should...

From pruning shrubs to sowing seeds, here's what I'm up to in early spring in the garden at Greenleaf.

A quick guide to late-winter pruning of shrubs (like hydrangea!) in the garden.

Witch hazel: The name alone evokes everything from a spooky, magical potion to your facial astringent. But what about this tree?

Aphids: An omnipresent garden pest that will suck the sap from nearly any plant in your garden. I've seen them devour a Knockout rose...

Exotic, bewitching and absolutely beautiful, orchids have long-been considered one of the most prized flowering plants to cultivate....

Fragrant, beautiful, and utterly unique, water lilies have long been celebrated and implemented in ceremonies, religious symbolism,...

If you want to diagnose a plant issue, improve flower and vegetable production, or just understand what kind of soil you've got, it's...

Rising temperatures and high humidity are perfect conditions for one of the garden's most common and insidious foes: Powdery mildew, a...

Now that May flowers are blooming and warm weather is here, it's safe to say we're officially in picnic season. Which means it's also...

My personal lawn philosophy is that a healthy, beautiful lawn does not — and should not — mean a perfect expanse of one single type of...

If you haven't done so already, now is definitely the time to take care of springtime garden maintenance. The following guide to pruning,...