"Spring is the optimal time to prune them," says landscape gardener and author Teri Speight. "Cutting back this much-loved ...

When mixed with other plants in the spring and ... try yarrow or shasta daisies. Both like full sun and can reach almost 3 feet tall. After years of talking, this year I am finally planting ...

Spring is a busy season in the garden. While you're getting your hands dirty, be sure to keep your perennials healthy by dividing them at the perfect time.

In the late 1960s, Donovan sang about mellow yellow; I’m guessing he was not a gardener. After the winter months, a bed of ...

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors has filed a lawsuit to stop some of the board majority's most ardent supporters from pursuing a ballot measure that would require hand-counting ballots ...

Q. I would like to perk up the appearance of my vegetable plots this year by adding flowers as edging plants and in small groups tucked into corners, but I am looking for flowers that will be ...

Those looking for a more low-maintenance option should go for perennials such as coneflowers and Shasta daisies ... be sure to give your plants the proper care by adding mulch for an extra ...

By Mia Leimkuhler “Lazy people, this cake is for you.” So goes Melissa Clark’s clarion call to her lazy daisy cake, also known as Danish dream cake (drømmekage). The “dream” part ...