While most gardeners shut down for the season, planting these cold-tolerant blooms now creates stunning color displays during ...

These perennials, trees, and shrubs provide vital food and shelter for backyard birds through the winter months.

Although many plants have gone dormant, the winter garden is still an active place. Birds are feasting on last season's seed heads, filling their bellies and dropping seeds all over the ground. These ...

From soil improvement to crafts, these winter garden ideas will keep you busy until spring and make your garden better.

Growing a few of the rare plants that flower in winter can really brighten a cold-season garden. Try these hardy tubers for a ...

Planting coneflowers in November gives them time to set roots before spring. "If you're lucky enough to plant this perennial ...

Effects of the warm winter? At the risk of jinxing us heading into our final weeks of winter, it looks like we’re getting away with a mild and non-punishing winter this year. Temperatures have hovered ...

When the holidays wrap up and the seed catalogs start coming in the mail is about the time I start to get a feeling that I just cannot shake; the faintest voice calls me outside and into the garden.

Starting seeds inside under lights isn’t the only way to get young plants growing ahead of our frost-free growing season. A lot of gardeners are discovering the little-known option of “winter-sowing,” ...

Save money and indoor space used for starting seeds indoors with winter sowing. This easy technique allows you to start transplants from seeds outdoors without a greenhouse or cold frame. Growing your ...

The summer may be over and harvest may have passed, but for the impassioned gardeners out there, the planting never stops – there are just as many hardy plants, from trees and shrubs to more ...

I find this time of the year challenging because I am faced with a tough decision in my flower garden: Do I remove the zinnias to plant snapdragons? If you don’t plant the large-size snapdragons like ...