Tiny leaf buds are forming on the apple and dogwood trees in Chris Kuhlow’s Port Jefferson Station backyard, and leaves are appearing on his black raspberry bushes and lilacs. For 15 years ...

Fun fact: leafcutter bees don’t eat the pieces of leaf that they take. They are solitary bees that build small, tube-like ...

Dahlias put on a bright, colorful show in the garden each summer. To keep them blooming, it is important to remove spent ...

One of my favorite spring flowers for perennials is the peony. Peonies are a long-lived perennial that you should be able to enjoy for decades. A few years after Sharon and I got married; my parents ...

Bud death, new leaf death, and larger leaves with the symptoms drop off. The result is a landscape full of leaves on the ground. When buds are killed, adventitious buds ...

Forests and nearby communities could start looking much different as a tree native to Maryland falls victim to a microscopic ...