Container gardening makes growing your favorite plants easier, allowing you to move them around and manage their size. Begin ...

Strawberries are a perfect plant for containers, especially hanging containers. They look gorgeous with the fruit drooping ...

Blueberries are a rewarding bush to grow, but ensuring a good harvest comes down to the right growing conditions. Choose ...

Companion plants are a gardener's friend, helping in several ways to protect and enhance their neighbours, and this ...

Most of us crave color in the landscape. Colorful flowers and foliage enliven a landscape and bring interest and beauty. We typically plant colorful flowerbeds to provide splashes of color. While ...

Asparagus is a perennial vegetable that produces a harvest for over a decade when properly cared for. It just needs the right ...

Every time I look out the window and see yet more snow flurries, I have to shake off wondering if we will see our gardens in production this year. I keep telling myself that there are now robins and ...

If you’re planning to start seeds indoors this season, you likely know you’ll need a growing medium (packaged, sterile seed-starting mix is ideal), a sunny windowsill or grow lights and, of course, ...

As summer wanes and the cool breezes of autumn begin to roll into Connecticut, it’s the perfect time to refresh your container plantings. Shelley Durocher-Nesta, UConn Plant Science Floriculture ...

Grow milkweeds for monarch butterfly caterpillars. Milkweed seeds require a cold, moist process called stratification in ...