When you’re shopping for trees, shrubs or perennials, the hardiness zone should be one of the first things you check.

While this region is is getting a break in winter weather this month February, the beginning of the year brought some pretty ...

Cool-season crops like cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, onions, carrots, radishes, pansies, and diathus can be planted. (They can ...

If matted, fluff it up with a rake. Plants considered tender in Nebraska are those listed for cold hardiness zones 5a or 6a, especially zone 6a or 6b. Most zone 5a and 5b plants are hardy but the ...

Lisa Schauer Even if the snow is still falling outside, we can dream of warmer days, and plan for bigger harvests by bringing ...

Keep your front yard tidy and welcoming with these low-maintenance, compact, deer-resistant landscaping plants.

Each year as the new garden catalogs begin to arrive I start planning which seeds I want to start, and I always check out the perennial plants to see what’s new and exciting for our zone 3 ...

The ability of Chrysanthemums to eliminate air pollutants such as ammonia benzene and xylene distinguishes them as exceptional air-cleaning plants. The bright-coloured flowers require indirect ...

The caveats are that the plants need good drainage, full sun, and winters that don’t get any colder than about 5 degrees (i.e. USDA Hardiness Zone 7a, which is most of the Harrisburg area).