The flowers provide a natural source of nectar for butterflies, bees and birds. Plant 20 to 30cm apart to create a neat and colourful border from spring to autumn. With a growth habit of 36cm high ...

Lavender is relatively drought-tolerant once established, requiring minimal watering. Prune the plants in early spring to encourage bushier growth and more flowers. Lavender’s fragrant, purple blooms ...

As the vibrant colors of autumn give way to the stark beauty of winter, many gardeners worry about their landscapes losing ...

The second session covers the importance of bees and their role in pollination as they fly from flower to flower. This is followed by the different shapes and sizes of seeds and how they are ...

This fall, look around for places where you could fit in a little more spring bulb cheerfulness. For example, tuck snowdrops ...

A Porter Ranch family lost their huge terraced yard to the 2019 Saddleridge fire, but it gave them a blank slate to create a ...

There are more than 350 species of wild bees identified so far in Vermont, according to the atlas. Their emergence is staggered throughout the year so that roughly a third of those species are active ...

I have been younger in October than in all the months of spring.” [Merwin] I’m not a huge fan of poetry or W.S. Merwin, but ...

Bee-flies have short antennae. Their hovering style of flight is also quite distinctive, although hairy-footed flower bees (Anthophora plumipes) hover well too - but these have much longer antennae ...

Salvias are known for their showy flower spikes that rise above their foliage. While many salvias start blooming in spring, ...

A single healthy meadow can be home to over 100 species of wildflowers, which in turn supports other meadow wildlife. For example, the common bird’s-foot trefoil is a food plant for 160 species of ...

The need for seasonal garden cleanup can be a controversial subject. How much to do in autumn, and how much to leave for ...