In early spring, some trimming can help you shape the plant, keeping it around 4 to 5 feet tall while maintaining its dense ...

While it’s not a magic beanstalk, the okra plant off Highway 24 in Newport is well over 17 feet tall and continues to get ...

I’ve been taking Miguel, my 12-year-old Havanese, for 3,500-step walks around the neighborhood lately (and telling myself ...

Plant them alongside flowers that bloom or thrive in the summer so you're less likely to notice a gap in your garden ...

A wall of green can be a barrier between your space and the outside world, can define a space in your landscape.

Swindell contacted Guinness World Records after discovering the current world record okra is 16 feet and 4 inches tall grown ...

I made this oak’s acquaintance courtesy of “Plants for the Winter Garden” (Timber Press, 2024), by Warren Leach. The author ...

As climate change makes South Texas' summers hotter and winters more likely to bring freezes, homeowners may want to reconsider their landscaping plants.

Wetlands managers have spent years using fire and chemicals to fight phragmites, an invasive reed that chokes everything else ...

For one Newport woman, what started as simply gardening turned into a quest to conquer a world record. Vicki Swindell may be ...

Conservationists and a Native American tribe are suing the U.S. to try to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an ...