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While outdoor planting is on hold, February is an ideal time to start seeds indoors. Begin cool-season vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, and lettuce indoors. Use clean containers and ...

Bitterly cold weather has settled in across the region. If you woke up Monday morning to discover frozen, limp plants outside ...

Gardening expert warns that pruning certain popular plants in winter can remove flower buds and ruin your spring and summer ...

Cold weather has a way of showing up uninvited in East Texas, and this freeze is no exception. Sometime next week after the temperatures begin to rise, many homeowners will ...

For many plants, pruning in late winter can ruin your flower display. But for these summer bloomers, it'll have the opposite effect — here's why.

Each year in winter, gardeners get out their shears to trim their plants in preparation for the coming spring. Pruning is a vital part of plant care — for most trees and shrubs, at least. However, not ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - Warm spells in the winter months are not uncommon around these parts. Looking ahead to my family coming to our house on the day after Christmas, the forecast says it will reach ...

Q Our two window boxes with impatiens were chewed off to 1-inch nubs by deer in mid-July. Since then, I have watered each the same amount. The box on the left sits under the condensation drip from the ...

I love pruning garden plants for the sense of accomplishment and the chance to express my whims. Funny for a guy who hasn’t had a haircut in decades, eh? Beyond removing dead or dying growth, pruning ...

Is it now OK to take salvia out of one bed and put them in another? Can I add porterweed to a flowerbed at this time? — Barbara You may try and move the salvias now, although it would be better to ...