Growing these two balm plants in your yard or garden will give you easy access to their aromatic leaves, which contain ...

And when it comes to perennial sunflowers, Woods says it's best not to deadhead them at the end of summer. Not only can their stems and leaves provide benefits to wild animals, but "their stems are ...

When bee balm's bloom time ends, this perennial picks up and lasts until late fall. Hummingbirds love the bright red color, and shape of its trumpet flowers.

A bare fence does more than sit there looking like a giant wooden shrug. With the right plants, containers, supports, and a ...

Thyme, oregano, rosemary, summer savory, hyssop, lavender, peppermint, and spearmint all belong to the mint family.

As one example, he said bee balm "just isn't gonna work well in my garden" and described it as especially prone to powdery ...

That frustration can be especially intense in food gardens, where a single pest problem may wipe out weeks or even months of ...

My yard used to be just a collection of grass and flowerbeds. But last summer, it transformed into a flurry of bright wings, ...

ASHBY, Minn. – You can hear the buzzing as soon as you step into the vast field of black-eyed Susans, purple prairie clover and wild rye. It comes from the wings of thousands of bees, all different ...

Millie LaFontaine compares gardening challenges to protecting democracy ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.

Bucktown neighbor Ian Kibbe's guerilla garden is flourishing on an IDOT-managed piece of land along the highway. He hopes to ...

On a hot Wednesday evening, a small group gathered by the grassy field next to the Caledonia Middle School/High School track for a Prairie Species Identification Walk & Management Talk, ...