On a recent trip to the Southwest, I fell in love with agaves. I've found some that are marginally hardy in my zone and I'm thinking about purchasing them next spring. Is there anything I can do to ensure they survive our winter?

Christmas cacti (Schlumbergera xbuckleyi) are easy to keep and so long-lived they often become family heirlooms. Here's how to keep yours blooming on time

Discover the warmest areas, or microclimates, in your garden where marginally hardy plants will thrive

Mesclun (pronounced mes-CLOON), the Nicoise dialect word for a mixture of tender, young salad greens, is the ideal crop to start in a cold frame around the time of the first frost.

I like Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii), but I know it’s invasive. What do you suggest as an alternative?

New varieties of roses that are disease resistant and planted less frequently than Knockouts.

I've ordered some perennial seeds that need to be cold stratified. How do I do it?

Should I prune my sedges (Carex)? How and when?

If I plant ornamental grasses will they take over my garden and become invasive?

I noticed plants’ cultivar names are sometimes in quotation marks and sometimes not. Is this a typo or does it signify something?