Whether you developed your garden with potted plants, or used potting soil for your starts, the plants will have what they need, at least at first. But over time, the essential nutrients in that soil ...

Desert plants are a curious crew, with cacti and succulents among the most inexplicable at times. On one hand, my friend Gino Dreese swears that his golden barrel cactus are so enormous because he ...

I noticed that a couple of my beds of annuals are stunted and a bit off-color, and I’m wondering what I need to do to improve their performance. Most of my annuals in containers also are not ...

Good soil, sunshine, water: These are critical ingredients for healthy plants and a beautiful garden. Fertilizer? Not usually, said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist at The Morton Arboretum in ...