A friend of mine at breakfast told me that he felt English ivy was becoming the new kudzu. He has a good point. When you look ...

These pretty, early spring flowers are the first to pop up in the garden. That’s what makes hellebores, winter heath and ...

Come join in the fun of gardening at McLeod County Master Gardener Gardening Education Day. This year the day of horticulture is 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 19, at the Crow River Golf Club, ...

Last week, while I was going to town, a neighbor and friend from church asked me what I knew was an orange-like small tree ...

Capitalize on every inch of your backyard, from sun to shade, with these ground cover ideas to fill otherwise empty areas.

Around Valentine's Day, consider this a botanical love letter filled with horticultural heartthrobs — garden companions that ...

Shady areas in landscapes and gardens require plants that need or tolerate shade. If you need ideas, attend the class “Some ...

Hellebores, witch hazels, and snowdrops are three plants that love the cold weather and offer up blooms to brighten up the ...

"I plotted out on graph paper a rough shape of the garden I wanted, and then estimated how far the beech tree on the left of ...

Each year as the new garden catalogs begin to arrive I start planning which seeds I want to start, and I always check out the perennial plants to see what’s new and exciting for our zone 3 ...