Most gardeners think fall means shutting down for the season, but planting now sets up explosive color displays when ...

In the rush to get a garden ready for the colder months, watch what you snip. If you cut one plant at the wrong time, you'll ...

Q: My mother taught me everything there is to know about plants and trees and how to take care of them properly. She is a walking encyclopedia of the outdoors. While visiting her yesterday I saw a ...

One of the sad things about moving is you can’t always take your favorite plants with you. Especially if they’re growing in your neighbor’s yard. One of my favorite shrubs is the old-fashioned ...

Get off to a great start this spring, with a FREE mock orange flowering shrub, to add beauty and colour to your garden. This fast-growing shrub (Philadelphia Virginal) produces masses of pretty white ...

For gardeners with limited space, a hearty shrub or small tree that produces fragrant blossoms nearly year-round might be a good choice. Mock orange fills that bill. The common name mock orange is ...

It makes my heart sing when I can bring you a plant you may not know – one that should do well for you and that will reward you for years into the future. Such it is with mock orange (Philadelphus x ...

Q: Last year, I ordered and planted two mock orange plants from a nursery in Ohio. They grew to be about six feet high with quite a few branches. They grow in my back yard, in full sun most of the day ...

In early summer, when not many shrubs are ready to bloom, the mock orange (philadelphus) has a lovely display of large, double white flowers and a fragrance reminiscent of orange blossom.

Purdue Landscape Report: Spring is finally here! Everywhere you look, one can find some spring color around. Some of the first plants to peek out of the ground are spring-flowering bulbs like crocus, ...

5 things to do in the garden this week: 1. Cherimoyas, mangoes, and papayas are the only commonly available fruit whose seeds grow into trees with fruit that is, as we say, true to type. However, ...