The 2025 UMass Garden Calendar comes out every fall, just as we are putting our gardens to bed for the winter. As always, the ...

The structure can even be used as a greenhouse to keep your garden growing year-round.

As the holiday season comes upon us you may want to decorate your home with some lovely colorful flowering plants. Besides poinsettias, there are holiday cacti that have flowers that may be white, ...

I’ve been taking Miguel, my 12-year-old Havanese, for 3,500-step walks around the neighborhood lately (and telling myself ...

These low-light indoor plants grow with very little sunlight, so you can enjoy a part of nature in every corner of your home ...

Q: I have nine pots of what I’m pretty sure is purple heart (wandering dude) on my apartment balcony. They came from a bed in my sister’s front yard. What’s the best approach for their cold weather ...

A stunning coleus, no doubt planted for its chartreuse-edged maroon leaves, is now punctuated by gangly 2 1/2-foot-tall ...

Whether you want to add contrast and depth to a garden color scheme, are planning a new container display, or fancy ...

Where to grow them: sunny location, large containers, directly in the ground, as a houseplant, in a container indoors, in the ...

Lacey, toothed leaves and feathery plumes of pink, white, red, or purple flowers bloom in profusion ... It’s an unusual landscape plant for warmer climates, or it can be overwintered indoors in ...

Although certain species of plants are toxic to pets, the seven below are safe for both cats and dogs. Houseplants are a ...

The Prayer plant ( Maranta leuconeura) is a stunning example of a houseplant that can enrich your home with color. “Its oval ...