Don't throw in the trowel

With a few quick fixes, you can perk up your veggies and flowers and keep your garden looking good until the weather stops you cold.

Embracing garden shade

Instead of turning your back on a shady corner, turn it into a sweet retreat by using made-for-the-shade plants that pop.

Older isn't always better

Heirlooms are hot commodities in many gardens, but these tried-and-true plants, while popular, aren't always the best choice.

Catalogs plant big ideas

Now that it's garden catalog season, you can shop with abandon - and caution.

Hints of spring

A number of shrub willow species (Salix spp.) bear fuzzy silver-gray catkins in late winter or early spring. These showy catkins appear on male plants and often stay in the cute "kitty" phase for several weeks before a burst of yellow pollen-bearing stamens cover the catkins.

Evergreens spruce up landscape

Though often overlooked, evergreens are the workhorses of the winter garden, adding color, structure and interest, blocking wind and creating a year-round screen.

Top seeds

Even if you're a veteran seed starter, here are some new plants you might want to try inside later this winter or right in the garden, come spring.

Polka-dot plant

Hypoestes phyllostachya

Festive wintergreen

Highbush cranberry is an ornamental