Slugs can wreak havoc on your plants, but this sweet-smelling flower may help protect your garden while also attracting ...

Tomato plants are a favorite crop among home growers, but they can come with issues. Try this companion plant alongside your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large cucumber being held by hand in a garden - Aire Images/Getty Images Sweet alyssum (Lobularia maritima) is a flowering plant ...

In response to a column about so-called blanket bloomers – plants that completely cover themselves with flowers – I received the following email. “I love alyssum because it reseeds itself. When it is ...

Researchers have found they can control one of fruit growers' more severe pests, aphids, with a remarkably benign tool: flowers. The discovery is a boon for organic as well as conventional tree fruit ...

Most gardeners think of pest control as a spray bottle problem. Something goes wrong, something gets applied, and you hope ...

A: One of my favorite flowers for planting in the fall and winter is Sweet Alyssum. It is known as Lobularia maritima to scientists and horticulturists and is classified in the same plant family as ...

Washington State University researchers have found they can control one of fruit growers' more severe pests, aphids, with a remarkably benign tool: flowers. The discovery is a boon for organic as well ...