Help stressed plants by watering deeply in the morning, mulching, adding afternoon shade, and improving soil moisture ...

A gardener plants a hydrangea expecting one shade and gets another the following summer. Sometimes the same shrub carries ...

SUMMER sunshine might be great for BBQs — but it can wreak havoc on your garden. Lawns, flowers and plants can quickly suffer ...

Sunlight is necessary for photosynthesis, so is needed by almost all plants; and some garden plants need considerably more of ...

Like hydrangeas, this plant's blooms grow in clusters. Only, the shape resembles a bottlebrush! It's also low-maintenance, ...

Conventional wisdom says vegetable gardens need full sun. But a productive garden doesn’t always require six to eight hours ...

Your flowering shrubs will be the talk of the neighborhood with these hydrangea care tips. Here are some expert-approved ...

Autumn-flowering bulbs, such as colchicums, autumn crocus and naked ladies, are easy to care for and bring a whole ...

Summer Crush’s flower buds are better than most hydrangeas at surviving Pennsylvania winters, and plants also have good ...

Triple-digit heat is scorching bigleaf hydrangeas across the South and Southwest. The single best move is an early-morning deep soak; shade cloth gives the fastest visible relief; mulch only helps if ...

Most hydrangea failures trace to one mistake: planting an old-wood bloomer where late frost kills the buds. Panicle wins for hands-off bloom across Zones 3–9; smooth is best in cold regions; oakleaf ...

Part of the Southern Living team since 2017, Kaitlyn Yarborough Sadik is a Georgia native living in Austin, Texas, who covers a wide variety of topics for both the magazine and website, focusing on ...