As you approach spring landscaping chores, you might be considering adding a dogwood tree to your yard ... in mid to late spring before the trees’ leaves, followed by clusters of nontoxic ...

Dogwood trees, although beautiful in full bloom, are quite vulnerable. Here are reasons to reconsider planting one and what you could grow instead.

Those “blooms” appear in mid to late spring before the trees’ leaves, followed by ... dogwood shares the eastern dogwood’s vulnerability to anthracnose and also often is crossed with C. kousa for ...

A cold-hardy banana tree ... in a dogwood tree,” says Hershey Gardens horticulture manager Alyssa Hagarman, who rates Ragin’ Red as her favorite new tree of the year. “The new leaves emerge ...

The humble snowdrop paves the way for the more colourful and larger spring bulbs like daffodils and tulips. It may be smaller ...

For seed-eating birds, black oil sunflower seeds are the all-around favorite because they are high in fat and have thin shells that are easy to crack. Some birds will also eat sunflower hearts, nyjer ...

Plant 40 seeds per foot of row for harvesting baby spinach, and only 10 seeds per foot if you want to pick full size spinach leaves ... red twig dogwood, eleagnus, juniper, nandina, osmanthus ...

FEBRUARY is a good month to start thinking about potatoes – and how you’re going to plant them. Gone are the days when the only choice was to plonk them in the ground, earth them up and let ...

The Extension Office receives many phone calls and emails from residents having issues with their landscape plants. A ...

If you’re considering adding an apple tree to your home landscape this spring, it’s important to choose an appropriate ...

This yellowing of leaves is sometimes confused with a nutrient deficiency disease called iron chlorosis, especially in the ...