The ZZ plant is nearly indestructible, yet overwatering kills it fast. Learn the right light and watering, plus how to fix yellow leaves and root rot.
Yellow flowers brighten any garden. This guide sorts the best by plant type, sun or shade, and bloom time, with zones and named varieties for your spot.
Yuca, the starchy cassava root, grows easily from stem cuttings in warm climates. Learn to plant, harvest, and safely cook out its cyanide.
Yellow watermelon looks like the red kind but hides sweet, honey golden flesh. Learn why it is yellow, the best varieties, and how to grow it from seed.
Winter melon is a giant waxy Asian gourd grown for soup, not a sweet fruit. Learn to grow it from seed, pollinate, sling heavy fruit, and store it for months.
Yaupon holly is a tough native evergreen that takes drought, salt and shade, feeds birds with red berries, shears into hedges and brews into caffeinated tea.
A wisteria tree is really a vigorous woody vine trained into a standard. Learn to choose the species, stake and train it, prune twice a year, and get blooms.
Willow tree care is forgiving once you know what these fast-growing moisture lovers want. Learn how to choose, site, plant, water, and prune a willow.
White flowers brighten shade, cool hot borders, and glow at dusk. This guide sorts the best by plant type, sun or shade, and bloom season with growing notes.
The weeping willow tree dazzles by water but is a liability near homes. Learn its fast growth, invasive roots, brittle wood, care, and whether to plant one.
What do possums eat? Almost anything – slugs, snails, beetles, rodents, carrion, and fallen fruit. See their full diet and whether the visitor helps a yard.
A watermelon plant needs heat, full sun, and steady water, but bad pollination ruins most home crops. Learn to plant, feed, pollinate, and pick a ripe melon.