I moved to a new home this year which has a sloping garden with heavy clay soil. I would like to introduce some low-growing ...

However, most of us aren't lucky, having rocky, clay, or thin and sandy soil, meaning we must do extra work. Thankfully, many ...

Instead of compact soil that you only really examine when your plants need to be repotted (or worse, when they've died), ...

Clay soils have a bad reputation as they can quickly become waterlogged during winter and dry out to an almost concrete consistency during summer, making it hard to grow some plants. However ...

If your landscape plants have been sitting and "sulking," the cause might be one of two underlying problems that require a ...

Brighten the fall and winter landscape with a profusion of blooms from this charming Southern classic.

Evidence of their use dates back to a 5,000-year-old Sumerian clay tablet ... million metric tons of medicinal plants are ...

Leaves can transform poor soil as they decompose into humus. Humus increases the soil's CEC allowing it to retain fertilizer ...

However, this type of soil, like clay, can become compacted and hard under some conditions. It can also build a crust, making moisture and nutrients difficult to reach the roots of plants.

Chalky soils are always alkaline, which restricts the number of plants that can grow on them. Planting may also be difficult as spades frequently hit lumps of hard chalk or flint Clay soil - this ...

Best of all, hostas are low-maintenance plants that anyone can grow. For most of the season, you won’t have to do much to ...