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16 Invasive Species Sold at Garden Centers You Should Never Buy

These 16 invasive species of plants are commonly sold at garden centers - beware of them and DO NOT buy them from your garden store!

Power Perennials: Plants That Thrive No Matter What

Add some flower power to your garden this year with any of these tough-as-nails perennial bloomers. No green thumb required!

Top 10 Plants You Can't Kill

Tough as nails, but they're pretty, too. Turn your black thumb into a green thumb with our picks for the top 10 plants you can't kill.

Potted Perennials for Container Gardening Plants, Flowers, and Shrubs

Container gardening tips for potted perennials and potted annuals, pot gardening, gardening pots, and gardening potted plants.

Why Fall Is The Best Time To Plant Shrubs and Trees

This article explains why fall is one of the best seasons to plant shrubs and trees.

Green shoots: how veganism is changing gardening

Giving up animal products this year? If so, you might want to rethink how you garden

to Divide Perennial Plants

Sooner or later your perennial plants will need to be divided. You'll notice them dieing out in the center or floppy over. When that happens, follow the steps here.

This Vertical Farm Wants to Pioneer 'Post-Organic' Food

New Jersey startup Bowery Farming wants to change how you think about organic food -- starting with its definition.

Plant-to-plate research cropping up at the Arboretum’s Red Barn Farm

A $250,000 gift from Land O’Lakes cultivates visibility among 500,000 Arboretum visitors a year and reinforces the company’s commitment to agriculture and feeding the world It’s a natural pairing for Land O’Lakes to get behind a new initiative at the U of M’s Minnesota Landscape Arboretum that explores plant-to-plate agricultural research and education. An effort to shine the light on farming is coming together at its Red Barn Farm, thanks in part to support from Land O’Lakes.

Plants to Avoid In Your Horse Farm Landscaping

Many people landscape their homes and farms to improve the aesthetics of the property. Unfortunately, many of those attractive plants are toxic to horses.

My Farmer’s Planting Notes

In farming, every year has its own set of unique challenges, but this year seems especially challenging. Notes from my farmer’s planting book – May 2, 2015 Corn planting is complete. It looks like…

5 tips when driving behind farm equipment

WACO, Texas -- You left your house 15 minutes late, and you get caught in traffic. The reason? Large farm equipment. It’s that time of...

20 Drought-Resistant Plants for a Beautiful Yard Even in Dry Climates

What You Need To Know About Biological Crop Protection and Plant Health

What expectations do growers and ag retailers have that could make biological tools even more valuable? Find out in our exclusive report.

Best Plant Identification Apps

Want to identify plants and trees quickly? Take help of your smartphone and download these best plant identification apps. Check out!

Look Who’s the New Global Ambassador of Plant-Based Eating!

Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi is teaming up with MorningStar Farms to spread awareness about the benefits of plant-based eating by taking their ‘Veg of Allegiance.’

Your health vs. cracker plant jobs

A petrochemical plant is not the only industry that can bring Beaver County tax revenue, employment opportunities, and thriving hotels and restaurants. A $6 billion investment into solar arrays, wind farms and green chemistry ventures would create these same benefits without health “trade-offs,” and hopefully without a $1.65 billion tax break for a multinational corporation. It could happen if the investor had the foresight and courage…