Q: I have planted lots of new coneflowers (echinacea) in my yard this year as part of a drought-tolerant, prairie-garden scheme. They have started to flower and they look beautiful, but I'm wondering ...

One of the first gardening tasks that children — or any beginner — can enjoy is removing spent flowers in the garden. It's rewarding to make the plant immediately look better. But what other benefits ...

(Illustration by Tony O. Champagne, NOLA.com|The Times-Picayune archive) QUESTION: When you say deadhead, what are you referring to and how should it be done properly? I have trimmed back mums with ...

The rains these past couple of weeks have been great for blooming annuals and perennials. To keep those blooms coming spend some time in your garden removing the spent blooms, a practice referred to ...

Every garden should have coneflowers! But why grow coneflowers in the first place? That’s easy: They’re carefree plants that grow happily in almost any kind of soil. They’ll withstand nearly anything ...