January is the month of rain, snow, ice, freezing temperatures, fog and wind. Sounds good? Growth slows down in winter, but ...

Pruning is so vital for healthy new growth and glorious blooms. But some plants have different schedules, for various reasons ...

Pearl acacia is a large shrub, native to Australia, that can be pruned into a tidy 10- to 20-foot-tall tree. From late fall ...

One locally-occurring example of a good idea or good intention gone bad — or at least sideways, as another expression might ...

Why Iowa chose the American goldfinch in 1933, a familiar farm-field bird that symbolized endurance, continuity, and everyday ...

State officials are collecting public comments on a proposal that would make it illegal to buy or sell six invasive species, ...

Venkatesan Sundaresan and Imtiyaz Khanday have already moved on to maize, millets. ‘What works with rice is potentially ...

Did you know that amaryllis is a perennial plant that you can get to re-bloom every year? Here are the top tips for making it ...

Today in Illinois, we have very few native conifers; the fact that these cones can only be found where humans have planted ...

MacCubbin gives gardening advice for Central Florida about tomatoes, amaryllis, poinsettias, palms, vegetables and ...

Late winter is no time to hang up your gardening gloves. In fact, the quiet weeks before spring offer the perfect opportunity ...

Researchers identified a gene, OsSRS3, crucial for rice grain size and shape. Mutants lacking a working copy had oval grains, ...