My tomato plants have odd curved leaves and spindly stalks. I've been gardening for 40 years and have never seen this before. There are very few flowers and,...

This shrub looks like smooth sumac, Rhus glabra, a native, large, deciduous shrub or small tree. It can grow up to 20 feet tall over time but easily grows wi...

More and more people are giving gardening a try. While a great deal can be learned through trial and error, learning from others is of great benefit.

Could you please tell me what weed this is? It has consumed all of my flower beds and even pops up in pots. Pulling it up only lasts until the next round can...

My hydrangeas have been beautiful this year; I'm so thankful after last year's lack of bloom. I do have questions: How can I turn blue mophead hydrangeas pur...

From feast to famine, we went from heavy rains and lower temperatures to hot, humid, dry days seemingly overnight in June.

I'd appreciate it if you would identify this plant for us. This is its third year and the last two it has come up from the roots. Is it sometimes called a "b...

According to Guy Clark, there are "only two things that money can't buy, and that's true love and homegrown tomatoes." Luckily for us, it is homegrown tomato...

I have a hydrangea macrophylla plant that has suddenly started producing blooms like none I've ever seen before. The plant is about 7 years old and this year...

My camellia and a Mahonia holly have what looks like dirt on the older leaves. It will even rub off like dirt would. I have had tea scale in the past but tha...

The tree shown is a dogwood — not the typical Cornus florida showy-flowered one, but one of the other native dogwood species.

Can daylilies change color? My friends seem to think these beautiful purple blooms are Dutch irises or another type of iris. I suspect they are daylilies tha...

If you have been visiting local nurseries and garden centers lately, you may think the earlier claims of plant scarcity were wrong, but look closely.

With regard to handling wild violets in your yard — the easiest answer is move to a yard that doesn't have them. But, that is not always practical.

"What is that tree (or shrub, or flower)?" is a common question from gardeners. There are millions of plants, and no one can know them all.