Nothing lifts a garden’s mood quite like the burst of bright yellow blooms—even when the skies are gray. Yellow flowering ...

Recently, after writing about mangoes, I received the following email from Steve Huffman: “It might be worth mentioning that ...

Since crape myrtles flower in summer, it’s usually wise to keep your pruners stowed away until these plants enter a state of dormancy in winter. Pruning in summer can delay blooming and make crape ...

Sandy and Jim Parrill garden at Chaos, their acre of the Ozarks in Joplin. Sandy is a lifelong gardener, Missouri master ...

This year, as every year, when the ground began to warm, I rushed to my seed box to begin planting pollinator-friendly plants ...

Fruit trees may not produce fruit due to improper tree vigor, often caused by over-fertilization or excessive pruning. Frost damage can prevent fruit set, even if flowers open; choose later ...

The other is smoke tree (Cotinus coggygira), also deciduous, growing to a height of 15 feet. Varieties with maroon to purple foliage are widely planted. Faded flowers resemble billowy puffs of smoke.