In Fielding Questions, readers also asked about why cucumbers might be ailing and what to do about mushrooms in the lawn.

The gardening expert has shared the plants that should be pruned in June, including lilacs, azaleas, roses, wisteria and ...

The plants were given to him by another Idyllwild resident, concert pianist and lilac collector Reva Ballreich, former president of the International Llilac Society, who grew or hybridized more ...

Supported by By Margaret Roach Photographs by Clark Hodgin In season, lilacs are an extravagance of color and fragrance — especially when you have something like 437 plants, representing 138 ...

There were fewer lilac blooms this time last year, but a similar fall bloom did occur. The out-of-season bloom isn’t a crisis for the plants, but wherever there are blooms now, there won’t ...

In Highland Park, some plants have already started to blossom and bloom, including some since-wilted star magnolias. The Flower City’s signature lilacs, a month away from the start of the ...

I can already picture your tree-form lilac with a neater, less expansive canopy. Q: The cucumber plants we purchased from a garden center quickly went downhill. We’ve since replaced them.