Q: I am new to gardening and have recently started a small container garden on my apartment balcony. The balcony doesn't get a lot of sun, and I have been planting shade-tolerant plants, but do you ...

Not all balconies get to enjoy plenty of sunlight. In fact, many residential buildings in urban areas are designed in such a way that they block sunlight for each other or cast shadows on the ...

As the temperature rises, it’s a great time to get out there and garden. While it would be nice to have a huge sunny backyard to grow lots of different plants, that isn’t the case for many of us. But ...

Sure, lilacs and lavender need hours of sunlight to thrive. But give us shade plants such as hostas, ferns, tree peonies and lacecap hydrangeas luxuriating in a dappled shade, and we’re over the moon.