While October might have you scrambling to figure out how to keep mums alive in your fall garden, it's also an important time to consider what to plant for more color and pollinators come springtime.

* What it is: The Pennsylvania-native heath-aster variety of ‘Snow Flurry’ is one of the season’s last perennials to bloom, nearly covering the plants for weeks in snowflake-like, white, daisy flowers ...

Many gardeners understand the ecological importance of native plants, which are those plants that occur naturally in a geographic area, and have evolved over thousands of years, shaped by local ...

They were green living things, many in 4-inch or 1-gallon containers, their botanical names, such as Cercis occidentialis or Aesculus californica, written on oversized note cards with photos, arrayed ...

Pick out some new plants: Willowside School Nursery holds its next plant sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 11 at the school, 5299 Hall Road and Willowside Road. The nursery offers thousands of drought ...