October is a great month for transplanting certain trees, shrubs and perennials and also for planting bulbs such as tulips, crocus and daffodils for a more colorful spring. If you have not yet ...

Bare-root perennials may not look so exciting when they first arrive, but with some careful planting and care, they can ...

Prepare seeds and transplants a few weeks before you plan on putting them in the ground. There are plenty of perennials to pick from, so always start looking at local wildflowers first. If you want ...

April is one of the best months to plant most new plants, i.e. trees, shrubs, roses, evergreens, and perennial flowers. These are all showing up now in garden centers and being shipped out by ...

I have been seeing more powdery mildew (a disease that causes a grayish, powdery film on leaves) in gardens. While this fungal disease is typical in late summer, there’s no need for concern this late ...

Transplant is a word used a couple of ways in gardening. It can be a noun or a verb depending on how it is applied. When used as a noun, “transplant” is what we call young, often seed-grown plants ...

The next six weeks encompass one of the two best yard-planting time frames of the year in Pennsylvania’s climate – and maybe the best by some measures. This time of year and the six weeks from April ...

Beat the winter blues by planting now — from snapdragons to foxgloves, these spring flowers started from seed will have ...

Most garden perennials like to be divided every three to four years and the fall is a good time to do that. Dividing helps the plant to perform better. Sign that it is time to divide is if a sedum has ...

“Viracocha” Daylillies in bloom. The easiest way to divide a perennial like day lily with entangled roots is to dig and lift the entire clump from the soil. Next use a small saw -- like the type used ...