In the Monterey Bay area, harsh winter weather is uncommon, but irises still need time to develop roots for spring growth and ...

An Instagram rose care tutorial suggests a round of cleanup can help the plant rebloom while providing material for new roses. The video shows gardeners how to remove faded blossoms and how to use the ...

It’s hard to believe that half the summer is over. The Northeast sees its hottest weather in July and August. These garden chores can be done now to get you through the rest of the summer. Look at ...

If you want your borders or pots abundant with blooms for as long as possible, then there is one thing you cannot avoid: deadheading. Snipping off spent blooms is how you keep roses blooming right ...

Fading flowers make beds, borders and pots unattractive, and removing these by deadheading is part of the summer garden cycle to get the best from your flowers. Single flowers usually produce seeds, ...

We all expect our ornamental beds and decorative patio pots to be spilling over with flowers all summer long, but if you compare your own blooms to those of your neighbor, you may be feeling some ...

Karen is a writer and editor with more than 25 years of print and digital media experience working in newspapers, educational publishing, marketing, nonprofits, and magazines. Deadheading flowers like ...

Arricca Elin SanSone is a lifestyle and garden writer whose work has appeared in many national publications including Prevention, Country Living, Veranda, The Spruce, PureWow, and others. Some ...

David Lemieux is not the type of person that most people expect when they encounter the lanky former Ottawan who’s been gatekeeping the Grateful Dead’s music for decades. Upon hearing of Lemieux’s ...

Many annual and perennial flowers benefit from deadheading, or trimming off the spent flowers. Deadheading neatens up the plant and encourages some flowers to rebloom. But trimming up perennials does ...