Store-bought mums aren’t bred for the ground—they’re less hardy and often grow tall and leggy. If planting, cut back, fertilize, water weekly, and mulch roots, but expect them to act like annuals. For ...

When lake days turn to game days, thoughts turn to fall decor like porches lined with pumpkins and iconic mums (Chrysanthemum spp.) in shades of orange, purple, white, and yellow. Even if the days are ...

Gardeners have a lot of hope. Whether we are putting seeds in the ground, dividing and transplanting an overcrowded decorative grass, planting bulbs in the late fall, or trying out some new garden ...

Have you ever tried planting hardy mums and had them fail to come back the following year? Fall mums are perennial flowers that can grow and bloom in your landscape year after year, if you handle them ...

Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners. Unfortunately, the drought has hung on here in the Valley as many counties are now classified a D-4 or Exceptional drought (per the USDA Drought Monitor).

My fascination with plants began early when I discovered, quite by accident, shiny BB-size black things gracefully hanging from a neighbor’s four o’clock bush. Sheer joy erupted days later when I also ...

While many people buy mums to decorate their front porch in the fall, they often miss out on the opportunity to plant them in the ground to bring color every year. Garden mums, or Chrysanthemum x ...

You can enjoy many store-bought mums next year. When lake days turn to game days, thoughts turn to fall decor like porches lined with pumpkins and iconic mums (Chrysanthemum spp.) in shades of orange, ...