On the Season 4 debut, Grumpy answers readers’ questions about what you can grow from seedling to tree in a wet area, shares plants that help keep groundhogs from digging, and introduces the Plant of ...

A popular product used by home fruit-tree growers in days past was a spray known as “dormant oil.” Gardeners would apply the spray to leafless trees in late winter to kill overwintering bugs and bug ...

In the Pacific Northwest, choosing trees for drought tolerance might be planting for the future, but it doesn’t have to be ...

A nice feature to all of these houseplants is that they can be transferred to the outdoors in the warmer seasons. A good rule of thumb is to bring them outdoors mid-April and then back in by October ...

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It has rained every single day in the UK since the beginning of 2026, and while the wet weather will be good for some garden plants, it can severely harm Japanese maples. They naturally grow in ...

Everyone loves a Japanese maple, or at least that’s the way it seems. Even novice gardeners will often have a maple at the top of their must-have list. There’s more than one reason for the continuing ...

Japanese maples have captured the hearts of gardeners everywhere – or so it appears. Even those just starting will frequently place a maple right at the top of their wishlist. The enduring appeal of ...

Matt and Tim Nichols are the two brothers behind MrMaple.com, a North Carolina-based mail-order nursery that specializes in Japanese maples — with more than 1,500 cultivars available to be shipped ...

After weeks of bitter cold and deep snow across central Indiana, a quieter but much sweeter seasonal shift is beginning to take shape. Maple syrup producers across the region are starting to tap trees ...

Japanese maple trees (Acer palmatum) add interest to your landscape all year long. Their delicate palmate leaves form a lace-like canopy in vibrant shades of green, bronze, red, orange, and purple ...