Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. An evergreen flowering ...

Almost everyone wants color in the landscape, and flowerbeds play an important role in that. But it takes a lot of work to keep them looking nice. A lower-maintenance way to provide landscape color is ...

GARDENERS ARE always touting foliage over flower. No gardening conversation is complete without someone advocating for small shrubs over work-heavy perennials, and declaring that it’s really trees ...

Driveway garden borders are challenging. The soil dries out quickly beside the hot concrete, killing annuals. Try a hardy perennial you plant once and forget.

If your patio gets full sun (about six hours of direct exposure), it might be difficult to keep potted flowers from drying out or getting scorched in the heat. Luckily, there are plenty of colorful ...

What’s your favorite color? My favorite color has always been green. I guess it figures, given my life-long interest in plants. But, if you ask me what my favorite color of flower is, I would say blue ...

You would not believe how many really gorgeous new plants came out this year. While we were all hunkering down these last few years, the folks who propagate new plants must have been overdosing on ...

Just before the summer solstice, a little group of friends walked out onto Cowee Meadow. Although it was raining in town, out there, the sun was shining. The meadows were a blaze of color: pink ...