If you’re hoping to catch the blazing colours of autumn, your best bet is to head to your nearest arboretum. I was lucky ...

With little to no yard space, these Fairmount neighbors instead create elaborate arrangements of flowers and plants in pots, ...

Annual Dahlia Festival: 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday through Sept. 29. Stroll through nearly 40 acres and a ...

A cool-season flower that can be set out in early spring, sweet alyssum fades in the summer heat, but its clusters of tiny ...

If you’re looking for sweet-smelling plants to add to your garden, balcony, or patio, consider potted lavender: it’s easy to ...

My garden soil requires a jackhammer when digging a new hole for plants. With some back issues and a bad knee, container ...

Flower gardening is always most effortless when you have plenty of sun to work with, but this is only sometimes possible.

If it’s a larger tree and is planted in a place where it might be exposed to strong winds, it’s a good idea to stake the tree. Typically, we use two to three stakes driven into the ground a couple of ...

Perennials, shrubs and fruit trees draw the energy they need to be reborn in full shape in the spring. Giving a final ...

For 33 years, Welby Gardens, the exclusive grower of Hardy Boy Plants, has undertaken extensive flower trials to evaluate the ...

Learn how to grow and care for a honeysuckle bush with our expert grow guide. This fragrant fast-growing, vining plant is a ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our community in a variety of ways, including 4-H, farm advisers, and ...