Sugar snap peas are the sweet, crunchy edible-pod peas you eat whole. Learn when to plant this cool-season crop, whether to trellis, and exactly when to pick.
A strawberry plant gives sweeter berries than any store if you nail the basics. Learn the three types, correct planting depth, watering, and runner control.
String of hearts fails more from kindness than neglect. This semi-succulent stores water in a hidden caudex, so bright light and a dry-out keep it lush.
The sugar apple (sweetsop) is a knobby tropical fruit with sweet, custard-like pulp. Learn how to tell when it is ripe, eat it safely, and grow your own tree.
Stomata are the tiny leaf pores that control how your plants breathe, drink, and wilt. Learn how they open and close and what that means for watering.
Stone fruit ties peaches, plums, cherries, and apricots into one family with shared rules. Learn chill hours, open-center pruning, pollination, and care.
The stock flower brings clove-sweet perfume to spring beds but stalls in heat. Here is how to grow it from seed to vase, and why yours won’t bloom.
St. Augustine grass turns thin when mowed too short, missed by chinch bugs, or fed like Bermuda. Get the mowing height, watering, and cultivars right.
Spring flowers like tulips and daffodils must be planted the previous fall. This guide groups the best bulbs, perennials, annuals, and shrubs by bloom time.
Star fruit, or carambola, is the star-shaped fruit you eat skin and all. Learn to pick sweet vs tart types, its key kidney safety warning, and how to grow it.
Spirea is a hardy, low-maintenance flowering shrub for full sun. Learn how to plant, prune by bloom season, and pick non-invasive or native types.
Spider plant care is famously easy, but brown tips and faded leaves still trip up beginners. Here is how to water, light, feed, and propagate yours.