Pussy willow gives you soft silver catkins every spring. Learn to plant, water, hard-prune for the best stems, dry the catkins, and root cuttings in water.
Rainbow eucalyptus turns heads with its painted, multicolored bark, but this giant tropical tree needs zones 10-11, full sun, and lots of room to thrive.
Schefflera goes leggy and drops leaves when light or watering is off. Learn to keep your umbrella plant bushy indoors, prune it to size, and beat root rot.
Worm castings are the gentlest natural fertilizer you can use, with no burn risk. Learn what they are, how much to apply, and how to brew worm casting tea.
Mother of thousands sprouts baby plantlets on every leaf, so it grows easily but spreads fast. Master the light, water, soil, and containment it needs.
Wax myrtle is a tough, fast-growing native evergreen for screens and hedges. Learn how to plant, space, prune, and get berries from this salt-tolerant shrub.
A locust tree gives fast shade on tough soil, but black locust and honey locust differ a lot. Learn to tell them apart and which thornless cultivars to plant.
A pistachio tree needs hot dry summers, real winter chill, and both a male and female tree. Get the zones, soil, planting, pollination, and harvest timing.
Rose hips are the fruit your rose makes after blooms fade, but deadheading cuts them off. Learn which roses set the best hips and how to harvest and use them.
Not sure how to dry herbs without losing their flavor? Learn when to harvest, the best method for every herb, and how to store dried herbs for a year.
The rue plant brings tough, blue-green foliage to hot, dry beds, but its phototoxic sap demands care. Here is how to grow Ruta graveolens safely.
Jimson weed is a highly toxic annual that invades disturbed garden soil. Learn how to identify it, remove it safely, and stop its seeds from returning.