A rubber tree (Ficus elastica) is a bold, easy indoor plant, but it drops leaves and rots when light or watering is off. Learn care, pruning, and propagation.
Rubber plant care is more forgiving than it looks. Learn the right light and watering, plus fixes for drooping, yellow, or dropping Ficus elastica leaves.
A rosemary plant is famously tough, yet most die within a year from overwatering. Get the soil, sun, and drainage right and it thrives for years indoors or out.
Russian sage rewards you with months of lavender-blue bloom for almost no effort, but it loves to flop. Here is how to grow it, prune it, and keep it upright.
Rock rose is the carefree, drought-tolerant shrub for the hot, dry corner where nothing else grows. Learn how to plant, water, prune, and troubleshoot Cistus.
Romanesco is the lime-green fractal brassica that looks fussy but is not. Learn how to grow it for steady cool-season growth, and why heads bolt or rice.
Rose mallow is a hardy, North American hibiscus with dinner-plate flowers. Learn how to plant, water, prune, and overwinter it for blooms every year.
Rose of Sharon care is easy once you nail a few things. Learn how to plant, water, prune, and propagate this hardy hibiscus for nonstop summer-to-fall blooms.
A rhubarb plant rewards you with tart spring stalks for years, but only if you site it right and wait to harvest. Here is how to grow, feed, and divide it.
Rhododendron care comes down to two essentials: acidic, free-draining soil and shallow planting. Add dappled shade and these spring shrubs bloom for decades.
A redwood tree is really three species, and only one suits most yards. Compare coast redwood, giant sequoia, and dawn redwood, plus zones, planting, and care.
Redbud is the small native tree that blooms magenta-pink right on bare branches every spring. Learn how to plant, water, prune, and protect it from canker.