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Q: How and when should rose bushes be pruned and winterized?

A: What kind of roses do you have? What kind of winter weather do you get?

Protecting roses is not too hard to do if you live in an area that does not freeze for many days in a row. The roses will slow down, lose some leaves and go dormant for a while on their own. Cut back spindly ...Read more

NEW YORK — Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani has incurred the wrath of New York City gardening enthusiasts by saying he’d reverse Mayor Eric Adams’ decision to save lower Manhattan’s Elizabeth Street Garden from being converted into affordable housing.

At the end of a candidate forum hosted by the Hell Gate news site last week...Read more

I thought about titling this column "A Shrub for All Seasons." It would be kind of a verbal take off the "Man for All Seasons." But my shrub goes dormant, so I decided the best description would be "A Shrub for All Reasons." Let me explain.

My sister sent me three photos in early October and asked, "How do you like my Double Play Candy Corn ...Read more

Spider Mites on Houseplants

Q: As I was bringing in one of my houseplants for the winter, I noticed that it has spider mites. I put it in a room by itself and have been spraying it with rubbing alcohol. It seemed to be working, but then the mites came back. What works the best on spider mites?

A: Spider mites are very small and hard to see. It...Read more

The parkway garden sits on a commercial stretch of Glendale's Brand Boulevard. It's a modest patch of native plants, hardly visible from the road.

But this baby plot is the pride and joy of the tight-knit group of green thumbers who tend to it. They gather there every last Sunday of the month for Club Gay Gardens, a garden club catering to ...Read more

It is spring in Australia and New Zealand and looks like it in Columbus, Georgia, thanks to a little planting in early September. One plant that is catching my eye every day is the award-winning Superbena Royale Plum Wine verbena.

The last time I gave this plant any press was when magenta was the Pantone Color of the Year. It is a color that ...Read more

Q: We noticed that the bark is starting to fall off one of our trees. The tree was planted about three years ago and has been doing fine. The trunk is about 6 inches across, and the lowest branch is about 6 feet above the ground. We peeled off the loose bark, and it is missing from 2 to 5 feet off the ground, all on one side. What should we do? ...Read more