Moon gardens featuring ethereal white flowers offer a reason to linger outdoors after dark. Watch a moon flower unfurl or breathe in the fragrance of night-scented flowers. You'll be experiencing another dimension in gardening. 

Gardening to attract wildlife is more popular than ever. Choose plants that offer food, shelter and nesting sites, avoid harmful chemicals and provide water. Your garden can be a place where the wild things are.  

If it's June, let there be roses. Don't be put off by their temperamental reputation. Roses can find a place in any garden if you choose the right type and adopt a common-sense attitude. 

Memorial Day weekend is the traditional time to set out tomato seedlings in hopes of reaping a mouth-watering summer harvest. Let's review the basics of good tomato culture. And do have a look at my New York Times article from last year, documenting the quest for the real Jersey tomato.  

Gardening takes a lot of green -- from your wallet, that is. Spring planting season with all its temptations can be a budget buster. The frugal gardener can prune costs by adopting some of these ideas. 

Slimy little slugs can leave your newly planted seedlings and favorite garden specimens in tatters. They apparently enjoy a passionate love life, too -- which only leads to more slugs. Here's how to fight back. 

Lilacs are just plain voluptuous with their dense flower clusters and heavenly scent. If yours aren't blooming well, here are some suggestions for revving up the flower power.

Blooming with the dogwoods and bleeding hearts, bluebells are a charming addition to the spring garden. These woodland hyacinths are totally carefree, critter-proof and fragrant -- and will spread a carpet of heavenly blue under your trees.    

Bleeding hearts are always on the receiving end of jokes in the political sphere. But nothing could be lovelier in the shady spring garden. Their airy sprays of heart-shaped flowers are pure romance.

Are more experienced gardeners confusing you newbies with arcane gardening terms? What's a "drip line" and must deadheading be performed to a soundtrack of classic rock? Fear not - we can explain.  

Poised to bloom in earliest spring, forsythia is one of those rock-solid reliable shrubs no one should be without. It's a great source for branches to force into bloom. It's also good for casting off artistic blocks.  

The Brits are daft about primroses, early spring flowers not as popular as they should be on our side of the pond. The hardy types like damp, shady places so if you are being led down the primrose path, chances are you'll get your feet muddy.

Pansies are no shrinking violets -- modern varieties can shrug off cold, spring or fall. If you're tempted to buy some as they show up in garden centers about now, look for the types that bloom twice a year. Double duty!

It's tulip time again, at least in preview with cut flowers arriving on the market. In the vase, these are blossoms that just won't stand still. If you've ever wondered why, here's the explanation.

Don't forget to turn your clocks ahead an hour before you go to bed Saturday night. Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 12. Two camps here: Either you resent losing an hour of sleep or you revel in more light at the end of the day. 

Now that we've fetched up in blustery March, Spring is in sight. If you look and listen, you'll see unmistakable signs that a new season is stirring. Where to seek these signs and portents? Read on.   

Popular during the Victorian Era, terrariums are making a comeback for thoroughly modern reasons. These miniature gardens (properly made) largely take care of themselves, creating their own self-sustaining atmosphere. It's a whole world...in your hands.   

Itching to launch the season? Among the first things to plant are bare root roses. They should go in the ground while you're still wearing your winter coat -- like next month. Time to get busy. 

Hoping for some flowers on Valentine's Day? Or just keeping your spirits up with fresh flowers through winter's dreariest days? Here's what to do with them once you've got them.

You may have noticed that days are getting longer now. But have you ever thought about how life on earth depends on just two things: sunlight and photosynthesis. Without these, we'd be hanging around thermal vents with the tube worms.