It’s a cold day in January and we have the potential for winter weather this weekend, but it’s not too early to think about ...

Many spring perennials require little maintenance, coming back year after year at the start of the season to spread the joy of warmer months ahead. I love planting these early springtime flowers, and ...

It is amazing how quickly spring flips the switch and all those dormant plants, shrubs and trees bloom and start pushing out leaves. In early April we are used to seeing the daffodils, forsythia, red ...

There is perhaps no sight more exciting to an avid gardener than a yard full of spring-blooming bulbs in full flower. Bulbs herald the gardening season, and their colors are a welcome sight after the ...

The next few weeks are some of the year’s best for pruning landscape plants – mainly woody-stemmed ones that already have bloomed for the year, as well as most needled evergreens. Spring-blooming ...

Spring officially begins each year on the Vernal Equinox on March 20. That’s what your calendar says. Ask a group of gardeners sometime when the first day of spring is, however, and you might be ...

My heart sang a couple of weeks ago when my patch of white snowdrops appeared at the edge of a snow bank. A week later, my winter aconite with its bright yellow flowers found their way out of the ...

Spring is here, but the signs of spring are slow to come. Most of the woodland wildflowers have yet to push up through the leaf litter on the forest floor. However, there are two early bloomers, ...

Pennsylvania’s climate is perfect for growing spring-blooming bulbs. We have plenty of winter cold for favorites such as tulips and daffodils to get their needed “chill” time, then we usually have a ...

Many shrubs benefit from pruning each year. We prune them to remove stray branches and suckers, keep the plants to a manageable size, and maintain an attractive shape. For some shrubs, pruning also ...