If deer are prevalent in your area, then deer resistant plants are an essential addition to your garden. While deer are shy animals, when hungry they will often stray into gardens and eat prized ...

It takes a lot of time, effort, and money into making your backyard beautiful, so it’s understandably devastating when deer eat your plants, flowers, and trees. While deer may nibble on anything in ...

Catmint is the ideal low-maintenance perennial for any garden setting. Available in heights ranging from 8 inches to 3 feet ...

The Springfield News-Leader in Springfield, Missouri, partners with the Master Gardeners of Green County each week to bring readers a question-and-answer column with some of the expert horticulturists ...

Add mulch: Fall-planted perennials are susceptible to heaving out of the soil in the freeze-and-thaw cycles during their first winter in the landscape. To keep plants in place and protect their ...

I like gardens that strive for a balance between the beauty of the wild and the cultivated. This preference extends to flower arrangements, mixing garden greenery and seasonal blooms. That is a ...

It’s a familiar feeling in the garden at this time of year, as in “I regret filling my car with new bedding plants and trundling home only to regret I didn’t buy that fill-in-the-blank plant when I ...

Are you tired of coming out to your landscape to check on your plants, only to see that the deer have eaten your favorite hostas, tulips, roses, etc? Perhaps the answer is to plant deer-resistant ...