David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Learning how to propagate plants is an exciting way to share your plants with others. Plants can be propagated by sexual or asexual means. Sexual propagation is starting plants from seed. Multiplying ...

It’s easy to go to a garden store or nursery and spend more than you planned when the gorgeous blooms and dazzling colors are so tempting. But it’s just as easy to be a frugal gardener by propagating ...

Azaleas are often low maintenance yet offer striking spring blooms for the backyard, which is in part what makes them so popular. Once they are established azaleas do not need much aftercare. They ...

There are few springtime sights more iconic than an azalea bush full of vibrant blooms. These colorful shrubs are covered in funnel-shaped blooms for a few magical weeks each spring, dotting the ...

There are times in a gardener's life when the desire, or need, for plant material exceeds the limits of the pocketbook. Laying a blanket of azaleas under a cluster of oaks or wrapping a backdrop of ...