Gardening

Residential areas marked red — starting in the 1930s — were deemed places of high-risk investment. The impacts of this practice, called redlining, persist today and even extend to the tree canopy.

Leaving plant debris in your perennial garden all winter long provides texture and habitat, but now it’s time to do some spring cleaning as the weather warms.

When you’re looking through catalogs or walking the aisles at the garden center, it’s easy to feel like a kid in a candy store.

Whether it’s Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day or any day, cut flowers are a wonderful way to celebrate — as long as you know how to take care of them.

Iowa's recent freeze may have stopped fall gardening tasks in their tracks.

Fall leaf color is on schedule this year, and horticulture experts say Iowans can see the fabulous shades of red, orange, yellow, and purple for the next week.

It's prime time for mums and asters. Here's how to help them flourish.

Horticulture experts discuss which shrubs will put on a colorful show during the fall.

Horticulture experts offer suggestions on what to grow during the fall.

Japanese beetles are emerging once again and, as usual, they’re hungry. Here’s what you need to know about everyone’s least-favorite invasive species.