If a plant is healthy and relatively unstressed, the normal seasonal move to cooler weather triggers dormancy.

Leaves turn yellow, then develop brown, blocky spots that grow and merge. Affected leaves often twist, curl and drop early.

Dear Master Gardener: I just planted a Bloomerang lilac. Do I need to protect it over the winter since it is newly planted?

Chokecherry trees (Prunus virginiana) are small, hardy, and native to North America. An extremely cold-hardy, ...

LET’S REVIEW A perfect and a little-known method which is totally appropriate now in the month of October. I have numerous times explained, and rightly so, how pruning at the wrong time of year can ...

Lilacs have been filling my Instagram feed lately—lilac bushes in full flower, bountiful bouquets of cut lilac stems in the arms of smiling gardeners, and lilac blooms piled high in baskets or ...

Spring sure is on fast-forward this year — typically, there would not be lilacs blooming in Central Illinois until late April. But I’ve spotted lilacs in full bloom all over the area this week. Spring ...

Native plants are often known for grand springtime displays followed by dismal summer and fall foliage. But that isn’t true ...