DEAR JANET: I live in West Little Rock and recently got told by our homeowners association that we need to be mindful of when we turn our sprinkler systems on,…

It has been five months since a winter cold snap took down so many of our landscape plants, and the questions continue to pour in about what to do with damaged…

DEAR JANET: I am sending a photo of my camellia shrubs. I have trimmed them once this spring, perhaps a 10%-15% cut. They have always been evergreen and health…

DEAR JANET: This bush is about 12 feet tall and under three large oak trees. It gets little direct sunlight before about 2 p.m. Some leaves have turned yellow …

Time spent talking gardening is just as fun as actually gardening!

DEAR JANET: My crape myrtle tree does not seem to be doing well this year. It only has leaves from certain limbs and has not leafed out as it has in the past. …

Just when you thought there was no hope, you see sprouts!

Here’s the list of chores and choices home gardeners should tend to in May.

DREAR JANET: It appears the hard freezes have killed both my guava and banana shrub. Both have bark blown off at the base and no leaves or buds emerging. I pla…

So much to do, and so little time!

DEAR JANET: With all the advice from you and others about being patient and waiting for plants to grow, I did the same thing with my roses. Now they are bloomi…

With the extensive damage to so many of our woody landscape plants, perennials are doing a great job this year of adding some color and depth to our landscapes.

DEAR JANET: Will the evening primrose I planted to cover a ditch by the road spread over the yard to choke out my spiderwort and catmint? Will black-eyed Susan…

Can you tell me the name of this purple ground cover? [The reader sent the above photograph.]

My asparagus bed seems be producing smaller diameter shoots, which I am allowing to grow into ferns. Could the bed be getting old (it's approximately 10 years …