The idea of growing rose cuttings in potatoes has been around for a while now, cropping up on blog posts and social media as an easy and budget-friendly trick. Growing new rose bushes for free is ...

Perhaps a treasured rose bush becomes severely damaged or you admire a rose bush of a friend, and she offers you a cutting from it. In either case, you’re in luck, because rose bushes can be ...

Q: I planted this hardy hibiscus (aka Dixie rose mallow) in late spring of last year. So far it has made no buds or blooms but has grown to approximately 7 to 8 feet tall both summers. It gets morning ...

Growth habit: An upright to rounded deciduous perennial growing to 6 feet tall and almost as wide. The leaves are ovate, medium green and 8 inches long and half as wide. Light: Plant in full sun.

On a warm, humid August morning I followed Richard Primack, a biology professor and plant ecologist at Boston University, down a steep, brushy trail, then across a flat muddy area adjacent to the ...