Instead of fall, many gardeners recommend pruning lilacs in late spring or early summer. "Always cut them back after they are ...

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KEENE—The Adirondack Garden Club recently awarded six grants from the club’s 1928 AGC Founders Fund to nonprofits making a positive impact on the Adirondack environment. The 1928 AGC Founders Fund was ...

The formula for successfully planting shrubs next to your house? Airflow and shallow roots. From black chokeberry to Rose-of-Sharon, consider these options.

Q: I have an issue with my Pinky Winky hydrangea tree, as you can see from the photo. Early this summer, it developed yellowing leaves, which I’m certain is chlorosis. I’ve had the tree for six years ...

Lilacs are currently losing their leaves due to a disease called lilac leaf blight, caused by the fungus Pseudocercospora spp. Common throughout Vermont and the Northeast region, this disease also ...

Marquette Mining Journal photo by Abby LaFroest Eagle Mine Managing Director Darby Stacey shares updates on safety and mineral exploration at Eagle Mine’s community forum on Tuesday. MARQUETTE — There ...

It’s my favorite time of year—when the spring breeze picks up the heady, ambrosial perfume of our fleeting lilacs. We open all the windows in our house and let our fluffy backyard bushes waft through ...

Idaho’s climate is perfect for lilac growth with its chilly winters and slightly alkaline soil which aid in their blooming. Once established, they are drought-resistant, tough plants. Newly planted ...

WHILE CLEARING OUT THE fenced-in backyard of our first apartment, my girlfriend pulled a black plastic pot from beneath a pile of rusted gardening tools, dusty blue tarps, and broken terra-cotta ...

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