Almost everyone wants color in the landscape, and flowerbeds play an important role in that. But it takes a lot of work to ...

I think we all got lulled into thinking we were going to have weekly rainfall and milder weather, and then we entered July.

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Seven beautiful gardens were on display Sunday during the Fort Madison Area Art Association garden tour. The first stop on ...

I became fascinated with pictures of stunning Hardy Hibiscus (Rose Mallow) totally covered in huge blooms. My search began to ...

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Purple firespike is a flowering shrub that boasts dramatic tubular purple flowers ideal for drawing hummingbirds and ...

Still, if you're impatient and/or have a short growing season, it's not a bad idea to go with fast-growing plants that pay ...