Lilac flowers don't need all that much attention to thrive, but if you want o help improve their soil, consider mixing in ...

What you need to do when the blooming season ends to make sure next year’s crop thrives. Light pruning of dead or damaged lilac branches should be done right after flowering finishes, but there’s an ...

"Nothing lasts forever" can be applied to so many things in this world, but near the top of the list? It's any spring flower that has a short and spectacular bloom cycle. Stream Los Angeles News for ...

Earlier this month, strong Santa Ana winds created the ideal conditions for fire to spread, spurring flames at multiple wildfires in Los Angeles. Firefighters are still battling the Palisades Fire and ...

Q: We have a large tree-form lilac that needs to be trimmed back quite significantly. I can’t trim very far before I cut off a lot of leaves. What’s the best way to do this? Should I be concerned that ...

Nothing takes me back to the Midwestern pastoral of my youth quite like the smells of springtime: freshly cut grass with an edge of lawnmower fuel, the sweet ozone of an imminent thunderstorm. Most of ...

Somehow it’s May, and I hope you, unlike me, have already planted your warm-season veggies. As usual, I bought too many tomato plants and, as I write this in late April, they are still sitting on a ...

Purdue Landscape Report: Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae is an opportunistic bacterial pathogen that attacks a diversity of woody ornamental plants. The bacteria cause flower blights, cankers, shoot ...

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