Your garden doesn't have to hibernate all winter long. If bare branches and brown, lifeless grass has you down every winter, not to worry. There are some beautiful winter-blooming plants you can add ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Despite what some purple-thumbed folks might think, there are no breaks for gardeners, not even in winter. If you live in the ...

Come winter, you may think you have to close up shop and say goodbye to gardening until the weather warms up—but you don't. Instead of leaving your yard barren, choose from a wide range of winter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Looking to brighten up your garden? Winter flowering plants will bring a touch of colour to dark winter days, and are ideal for ...

We all need a little help getting through winter. My wife, for instance, is an obligate palm tree person. About 20 years ago, after a few years of trying to convince me that we should head south for a ...

When you think of winter, you probably think about bare branches, brisk winds, and shorter-than-normal days. All those things are so common that we’re willing to bet the very last thing you associate ...

The shorter days and longer nights of winter can feel a bit gloomy. Outside, the garden is taking a well-deserved nap. Inside, however, things can be much more vibrant. Many houseplants use this time ...

Winter, with its plunging temperatures and brief windows of daylight, can seem a world away from the warm and sunny gardening season. However, thanks to some particularly hardy plants, even the depths ...

Temperatures are dropping, snow is falling. Many trees have dropped their leaves by now. And most plants have gone dormant, resting until the cold weather subsides. But not all plants. There are a ...

Winter gardens do not fail because color is impossible. They fail because most flower choices are built for long days, warm roots, and fast spring growth. When cold rain, low light, and hard ground ...

Becca Lewis is home maintenance writer who aims to foster confidence in and inspire DIY enthusiasts at all skill levels. Becca attended Southern Connecticut State University, where she studied ...

Plants know winter is coming. But exactly how they detect this seasonal change has never been clear. Yale researchers took a novel approach to understanding a plant’s secrets. They asked one. And the ...