Give your home back its curb appeal with an expert redo of the flower beds, trees, and plants.
You’ve been trying to ignore it for a couple of years, but now you have to face the facts: Your home’s landscaping has gone from chic to shabby. The snow’s broken off countless azalea branches, the...
<p>With the right species and a little TLC, your rose garden can be the envy of the ’hood.</p>
Anybody who’s tried to grow roses knows they can be frustrating, plagued by everything from once-a-season blossoms and black spot to beetles, mites, yellowing leaves, and more.
Unless you’re a purist...
A mature garden often has all the makings for some very special holiday decorations.
A reader who wants to create holiday decorations from her own backyard, à la Martha Stewart, thinks she has the raw ingredients: a big white pine tree, several holly bushes, camellias, fairy roses,...
How to turn a vacant tract into a tableau of colorful bulbs.
A reader has a sunny acre of land in rural northern Baltimore County and had the idea to plant it entirely with crocuses, daffodils, narcissus, and tulips. But after surveying the overgrown tract, he...
We found out more about the pests that have invaded our homes and gardens these past two summers
What They Are
The brown marmorated stinkbug is a pest that was accidentally imported into the United States from Asia (possibly on packing crates). The bug began severely invading Maryland in the...
The lowdown on fruit trees, summer bulbs, and sick-looking rugosas.
Q: I've purchased a small cottage on a lot of less than a quarter acre and I've always dreamed of having my own mixed-fruit orchard, populated with fruit trees that are easy to grow. Could you...
Healing a chaste tree, bringing the mandevilla in from the cold, and forcing crocus blooms.
Q: A couple of months ago, I bought a neglected chaste tree in a 10-gallon container that was understandably on sale. Could you give me information on this tree, its growth habit, and whether it...
If you think fall means time to give up on the garden, think again: Here's a short "to do" list.
For starters, Fall is the time to look for disease and infested areas: These may appear on roses, fruit and ornamental trees, and shrubs. Trouble spots are easily detected during fall when foliage is...
The backyard is Robbie Fitzgerald's bread and butter (maybe hamburger and bun?). Her upscale Garden Architects shop—on Annapolis's West Street—is an indoor showroom for the outdoors. The pieces are...
