Category: Home and Garden

If your allergies act up in late summer, don’t blame goldenrod.

I have a large blue spruce tree in front of my home. It is taller than my two-story home, and when I moved in eight years ago, it was a beautiful tree with only a few dying branches on the bottom 2 feet. This year, the dead branches extend up more than 6 feet. I’m […]

More than 200 species of birds fly through the Chicago area every autumn, following Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River south for the winter.

Late summer is a great time of year to look for native prairie plants that might bring beauty and wildlife habitat to your garden.

By the time August comes with its heat and humidity, many gardeners are ready for a break and so are many plants. “The growing season is starting to wind down,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the Plant Clinic at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. “You still need to do some things for your […]

It certainly is annoying to battle yellow jackets as you are eating in your yard this season.

Their scent may be as sweet as honey, but for many gardeners, honeysuckles have a bad name.

Plants grown in containers will need more frequent, light watering to get established.

If you’re looking for a plant that will make your garden stand out, consider the seven-son flower, an unusual shrub that makes a splash twice each year.