When the sun drops and the garden cools, fragrance can turn an ordinary backyard into the best seat in the house. The right ...

When it comes to making your landscape look great, few plants have more mileage in the garden than evergreen shrubs. The foliage lasts for multiple seasons and during the growing period, many ...

If, like me, you wander around your garden at this time of year looking for signs of life, bulbs springing up or new growth on shrubs, a welcome surprise comes from scented plants. Those with small ...

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Fragrance gardening is an easy way to enhance the enjoyment of gardens, said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. Our sense of smell has the power to evoke deep emotions, ...

Fragrance has the ability to transport us to another time, another place, and — when employed in the garden — it can create magic. Many of our emotions and memories are closely linked, due to the ...

Warmer weather is approaching, making it an ideal opportunity to venture into the garden and spruce it up ahead of summer gatherings and barbecues. When homeowners consider enhancing their outdoor ...

You won’t want to miss out on adding these low-profile flowers that are sure to brighten up your yard.

Send sweet scents wafting across your patio with a fragrant container garden. Position containers filled with fragrant patio plants where you are likely to brush by them or sit near them. The ...

Fruits and vegetables need plenty of nutrients and water to thrive in a garden. California native plants prefer unamended soils and need little water once they’re established. Separation is the key to ...

From fragrant sweet peas to vibrant dahlias and towering sunflowers, these are the best flowers blooming in July to enjoy in your garden right now.

Attention, anyone who thinks native blooms are brilliant in the wild — or our yards — but don’t work in bouquets. Boy, are we wrong. This isn’t an invitation to trample wildflower fields to pick ...