This ground cover not only can handle the dark corners of your yard but grows in a wide range of hardiness zones. Just be ...

“Echinacea shines in September with nonstop magenta blooms that keep pollinators and songbirds coming right up until frost,” ...

A stunning shade garden filled with impatiens and ferns - You Touch Pix of EuToch/Shutterstock If you have some shady nooks in your garden, they don't need to look dull and uninteresting. You can fill ...

Don’t let limited sunlight stop you from growing a beautiful garden. Make the most of shady locations with proper plant selection and design strategies. Start the season with native spring ephemerals ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

We asked designers how to put a contemporary twist on this classic garden structure and their advice on how to install and maintain a garden arbour.

Never have I been so eager to shop for plants. And thanks to Hurricane Ike, never has the Garden Club of Houston's Bulb & Plant Mart come at a better time. The three-day horticultural event is ...

Waiting until your outdoor space comes to life in summer may be too late to tackle over-exposed flower beds and borders for some plants, so it's never too early to get ahead. But while establishing ...

Balcony gardens can be quite valuable for those living in urban areas with little outside space. They might not be big, but when they are carefully designed, balcony gardens can be truly magical ...

Everyone is looking for some backyard shade these days, and the latest sun protection is a tensioned fabric canopy called a shade sail. Versions of these canopies originated in the 1990s in Australia ...

We love and protect our trees on the mid-Peninsula, but often that mature canopy poses a dilemma for the gardener -- what, if anything, to try to grow beneath it. The Menlo Park backyard of Susan ...