Fall clean-up time has arrived gardening friends! Although we haven’t experienced frost yet, it’s likely that your garden and yard is on the decline. Less sunlight hours, less sun strength and no rain ...

If you’re thinking about stripping the bark from slippery elm trees for a little extra cash, be reminded that this activity is illegal on national forest lands. The herbal medicine market has spurred ...

My biggest garden surprise this year was a lack of Japanese Beetles. I’m not complaining, of course, but totally surprised. I saw three, that’s it! Normally, there were hundreds swarming on my grape ...

Gardeners often use amendments like orchid bark to improve soil drainage. These DIY potting soil recipes help create a mixture that drains quickly but also maintains an adequate level of moisture.

We have 10 hillside acres of trees east of St. Helena. Thirteen trees turned red and dropped their needles. This seemed to happen all at once. We discussed removal with a tree trimmer. He said it is ...

At this time of year the length of days has become noticeably shorter. And while August usually feels like one of the hotter summer months, the length of daylight hours becomes shorter during all of ...

The blackish trunks on the crape myrtles around town are caused by a Chinese insect known as crape myrtle bark scale. It doesn't kill the trees, but it does make them unsightly and less vigorous. This ...

The New York Botanical Garden, established in 1891, is dedicated to the study and enjoyment of plants. Because the scientific study of plants is not complete until the results are published, The New ...

Interdisciplinary in scope, Economic Botany bridges the gap between pure and applied botany by focusing on the uses of plants by people. The foremost publication of its kind in this field, Economic ...