As temperatures drop, muscadine vines across North Florida enter their winter dormancy. Dormancy is essential for protecting ...

The best color is on new growth — branches that are just a year or two old. Older branches will turn grayish or brown. “To ...

The practice dates to ancient Egypt and Rome, where hieroglyphs from 1400 B.C. depict espaliered fig trees to maximize fruit ...

The secret to longevity for both is moisture. Just as supermarkets use misters to keep produce fresh, we can keep holiday ...

Fall isn’t the best time to prune many shrubs because you risk removing the buds that will develop into next year’s blooms. Azaleas, Chinese fringe flower, and forsythia rely on later pruning for ...

Q Our two window boxes with impatiens were chewed off to 1-inch nubs by deer in mid-July. Since then, I have watered each the same amount. The box on the left sits under the condensation drip from the ...

I have some native plants I purchased that are still in their pots. Is it too late to plant these I the ground? What can I do to save them? November is a bit late, although it might be possible in ...

Q: When should I prune my roses? They never go completely dormant in the winter. In Southern California, we don’t experience winter like the rest of the country. Most gardening guides will tell you to ...