Lantana is a popular choice for May planting, as they are low-maintenance, drought-tolerant, and will keep blooming all season long. These flowers are best for those living in USDA hardiness zones ...

Growing your own tomatoes at home can be very rewarding. You can use the fruits — and, yes, tomatoes are fruits — to make everything from sauce, salsa, soup, salads, and more. Tomatoes are often ...

Every spring, gardeners dream of planting flower beds and gardens for the sake of beauty and bounty. One of the most popular of the season is the tomato plant, which can grow in large gardens as well ...

Growing tomatoes indoors is possible with a compact setup, but choosing the right variety and understanding its light and ...

"The tomatoes drink water like drunken sailors%2C" she said. "That was a saying back in my day." Neighbors who can see the tomato plants from their apartments are stopping by asking Kruer when there ...

Do you have healthy tomato plants but lack tomatoes on the vines? You may have heard advice from neighbors telling you to prune back the vines or to stop watering to solve the problem. Do not be ...

Most tomato plants are grown for a single year, making fall or winter the end of the road. But before you put your tomato ...

Dan in Sterling writes: “What’s the best way to rid my garden of tomato hornworms?” That’s a timely question, Dan, as this is the time of year to be watching out for these tomato eating fiends! You’d ...

One way I determine when a garden column topic has risen to the level of sheer crisis is when I get the same question four times on a single bike ride. You see, after more than 35 years of competitive ...

If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the garden. After the last couple of weeks of our stubborn heat dome, my inbox has been flooded with dozens of “what’s wrong with my ...” and “what will this ...