Every garden should have a witchhazel, says Mark Weathington, director of Raleigh’s JC Raulston Arboretum. The fragrant flowers when little else is in bloom make them invaluable in the landscape.

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. I'm wondering if it's still too early to fertilize our zoysia lawn. As of now, I've cut the dead grass as low as our mower can be ...

Warm season grasses like zoysia and buffalo tend to get overlooked. It’s all about the dark green, lush bluegrass and fescue lawns that grow in so many metro yards. I must admit I rarely talk about ...

Winter fertilizers abound at garden centers in autumn, but are not always needed. Learn the fertilizer needs and proper timing of applications for cool-season and warm-season grasses. Discover the ...

Lie down in the grass and listen to it whisper its secrets. It has special preferences about how it is treated and fed and watered. Listen to the whispering grass and it will reveal its preferences ...

Fertilizing lawns in most of Louisiana is best done in early to mid-April. At that time our warm-season lawn grasses, such as centipede, St. Augustine, bermuda and zoysia, have begun active growth, ...

The best fall fertilizer for cool-season grasses is a high-nitrogen fertilizer with the correct amounts of phosphorus and ...