Plant sale savvy
The Chicago area becomes home to dozens of pop-up plant sales every spring. It's an embarrassment of riches — and a lifesaver for gardeners who have been too busy enjoying...
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Where gardeners, and plants, rub elbows
"This is the year I start a garden," you say to yourself every year. But maybe the reason you give up the goal hasn't changed: Your yard still doesn't have...
Succulent choices
If your idea of houseplants is shaped by nondescript foliage plants growing in offices and shop windows, you would be forgiven for not growing any. You can only stand to...
Quick! What’s that plant?
It is often said that a weed is a just a flower growing in the wrong place. A weed's remarkable ability to grow in all the wrong places often leads...