Are your cauliflower heads shrunken or floppy? Or have they failed to develop at all? Perhaps they're discolored or developing in ways you've never seen before. Although the number of cauliflower ...
Pilea Peperomioides: How to Care for Chinese Money Plants
Commonly known as the Chinese money plant, Pilea peperomioides is fast becoming a must-have houseplant because of its modern, minimalistic appearance and easy going nature. At first glance, this ...
Pruning Fruit Trees: How to Prune Apples, Plums, Pears, Cherries, and More
Pruning can feel so intimidating. After all, you’re chopping off branches from your fruit trees. What if you do it wrong? Will the tree be ruined forever? While pruning fruit trees can feel ...
11 Common Pine Tree Pests and Diseases
Pines are a classic choice for the yard, with their stately appearance and evergreen splendor. For the most part, they're fairly maintenance-free, as well. Although many conifers are quite ...
Growing Udo: How to Raise This Shade-Loving Delicacy
Udo isn't a plant we often talk about in the Western world. But it's a spectacular plant that looks beautiful, and you can eat it, too. It's the perfect plant in my book. On top of that, you can ...
Weigela: How to Plant, Grow and Care for a Landscape Classic
Weigela fell out of favor for a few years, but it has made a comeback thanks to colorful new cultivars. Combine this with the fact weigela is one of the best plants to attract hummingbirds and ...
Nanking Bush Cherries: How to Grow and Care For This Beautiful Fruit Plant
We are all familiar with cherry trees, especially if you live for the limited sweet cherry season in spring and summer. There is nothing like a fresh cherry at its peak of freshness. If your mouth ...
9 Broccoli Pests and Diseases and How to Handle Them
Broccoli is one of the most popular cruciferous vegetables in the country. When I was a child, we loved it because each piece of broccoli looked like a tiny tree. We could eat our broccoli pretending ...
21 Raspberry Pests and Diseases and How to Treat Them
If you grow any type of food, then you know how frustrating it can be to lose your plants to pests, predation, and pathogens. Raspberries aren't immune to any of these issues, and if they aren't ...