Although somewhat challenging to grow, ranunculus flowers are breathtaking. And after growing them yourself, you may be ...

Find out if chives are perennial plants that are hardy in your area or if you'll need to plant this herb again in spring.

Keep your garden interesting and attractive through the winter by waiting until early spring to cut back perennials. Some ...

It finally budded out, which was a major re-leaf. Northern winters separate the wheat from the chaff, where trees, shrubs and ...

If you are looking for a flowering perennial that blooms during fall and winter in the shade and has a clumping growth habit, ...

This month I want to highlight a late-blooming perennial, the aster. We have had asters in our garden for a while, but last ...

Now that the weather is cooling, you might notice that some of the plants we encounter look nothing like their mid-summer ...

Plant care changes when the ground freezes. Here's how to adapt your gardening. Winter is a great time to check some garden ...

The 2025 UMass Garden Calendar comes out every fall, just as we are putting our gardens to bed for the winter. As always, the ...

A recent study reveals the critical role of sorbitol in driving age-dependent growth shifts in apple plants. Researchers have uncovered how sorbitol interacts with gibberellin signaling to transition ...

It’s that time of year, when there are more leaves on the ground than on the trees and the cold mornings and evenings remind ...

Smart gardeners spend the winter assessing the wins and losses of the past season and using that as the basis to plan next ...