Hard pruning is best done keeping the natural growth cycle of azaleas in mind. The main growing season for azaleas is spring ...

Most people know hibiscus as a shrub bursting with bright flowers, but fewer realize it can be shaped into a small, ornamental tree. The secret isn't some rare variety or special fertilizer. All your ...

The way you prune a pear tree, and the time you do it, can significantly impact both the health of the tree and the amount of ...

A bit of maintenance will lead to beautiful plants and a bountiful harvest. Prune lemon trees after all the fruit has been ...

Whilst certain Japanese maple cultivars provide year-round appeal through their graceful forms and diverse leaf tones during spring and summer months, it's during autumn that their foliage genuinely ...

Year XO Royal was crowned Best Cognac at BevTest 2025, leading eight Gold medals—four for Courvoisier. Here are the winners ...

The damage fall webworms cause happens later in the year, and the leaves they feed on have done most of the work they need ...

I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of experience in newspapers. I cover the three local councils in the Illawarra for the Mercury, ...

Fall webworm and eastern tent caterpillar are often confused with one another. Eastern tent caterpillars are out earlier in ...

While many of your garden's plants have been flourishing throughout the summer, the start of autumn means there's a lot of work to do. Many of your star plants will begin dying out over the coming ...