Louisiana Iris grows at the New Orleans Botanical Garden on Monday, March 21, 2016. (Photo by Chris Granger, Nola.com | The Times-Picayune) (CHRIS GRANGER) This week's gardening tips: After a summer ...

When summer's lush greenness gives way to the sunset hues of autumn, you'd expect the garden to overflow with asters and chrysanthemums. But bearded iris? How did this flouncy flower of spring ...

Not many plants come in a wider range of color than the iris. In the past 50 years, thousands of cultivars in various colors, sizes, and forms have been developed. "I have about 20 cultivars of ...

Pick the right plants and pots, and you can grow a bounty of vegetables in containers—here’s how. Reviewed by David McKinney It’s fun and easy to grow vegetables in containers, on a sunny deck, porch, ...

Have you ever gone to the grocery store for, say, milk, and left with a cartful of impulse buys? Well, I visited a couple of nurseries last week in search of one specific plant and left with nearly ...

Most urbanites, and many suburbanites, are restricted to containers when planting a garden. Containers have a lot of advantages: they’re portable, cheap, and can be placed in awkward places, from ...

What’s not to love about Colorado fall weather? Warm days and cool nights are perfect for checking out the changing colors in the high country. Pack a lunch, hike some trails and let nature inspire ...

I live in an apartment with an incredibly shady so-called backyard: a 10-by-15-foot expanse of dirty concrete tucked behind my driveway. I’ve always wanted a big garden, but, unless a demolition crew ...

If you’re an avid gardener, the prospect of so many weeks of drab winter without a garden to enjoy can seem dismal. That’s when containers of colorful plant combinations, placed on the porch, patio or ...

How pots filled with annuals, grasses, herbs and more can transform any outdoor space King Louis XIV famously grew orange trees in the wooden boxes known as Versailles planters, but you don’t have to ...