Mountain laurel holds the garden spotlight on this Memorial Day weekend as the Pocono's premier plant. As the Pennsylvania state flower, mountain laurel is readily recognized by its beauty along the ...

Although mountain laurel is Pennsylvania’s state flower, I rarely see it growing in our area. In fact, locally I know of just one small shrub growing out of a rock formation above French Creek near ...

Mr. Smarty Plants: Sophora secundiflora (Texas mountain laurel) is a beautiful and fascinating plant, and Mr. Smarty Plants frequently gets questions about propagation. Be aware that the seeds are ...

Windowsill herb plants would seem a perfect antidote to winter’s visual and culinary blandness, except that such plants rarely do as well as billed. The ideal windowsill herb thrives despite dry air ...

If you’re like me, it’s been practically killing you to wait for warmer weather to plant your tomatoes. You were wise to wait. Cold temperatures can easily damage tomatoes, and once maimed, they ...

The raging against the proposed Laurel electrical generating plant is getting to the point of being way off track regarding fact. Is there a need for the generation? In view of the continuing ...