Thames Water has warned its 16 million customers there is potential for water restrictions if the weather stays dry ...

Allergy-inducing plants are those that rely on wind rather than bees or butterflies to spread their pollen. Ragweed, which ...

May is a fun month for wildlife observation as wildflowers and babies spring up everywhere. Just around my house, where I ...

Baby blue eyes is the aptly named blue flowering plant you can easily grow from seed in cooler spring weather.

When you're looking to add color with summer flowers to the garden in the months of June, July, and August, look no further ...

By Staff If you want a luscious carpet pf green grass in your front yard and all of your flowers to boom as intended, now is the time to give your plants, grass, trees, etc the care and love they ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is encouraging residents to plant a variety of native plants in their gardens to support local pollinators. By se ...

“Lilacs” is the ideal soundtrack for splaying in the park with a beer on the first warm day of the year. The song isn’t in a rush; it drifts by, marking, as Katie Crutchfield sings, “the slow, slow, ...

The return of the spring garden can be dreaded by many allergy sufferers. Here's a list of allergy-inducing plants to avoid ...

Two prominent species of rhododendron bloom in West Virginia in spring and summer, but only one bears the official state ...

You can start narrowing down your options by thinking about the lighting conditions in your garden. When shopping for plants, ...

Stan Reinis, a native of Latvia, was Cedar Rapids parks commissioner from 1969 to 1981 and was instrumental in replacing the ...