When Ann and Glen Gage downsized from their expansive home and garden in Switzerland to a San Francisco town house, one of the things they missed most was the koi pond they’d built and tended for ...

You can trim back some of the plants dying back now but don't overdo it - the aim is to keep the pond healthy, not spotless.

Native aquatic plants improve the health of your pond’s ecosystem and promote biodiversity in your yard. This article will familiarize you with some native plants that thrive in an installed setting: ...

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Find out if and when faux plants are a good option for your yard and what to consider when mixing them with real plants in ...

Waterlilies, or Nymphaea, are the quintessential pond plant. Not only do they produce attractive round leaves that rest on ...

If you crave the taste of luscious, homegrown tomatoes but don’t have the space or time to manage a garden, then container gardening might be just the thing for you. Tomatoes are the home gardener’s ...

Even if you’ve got a beautifully designed garden, there are plenty of reasons to add plants in containers to your home. You can decorate a front porch or backyard patio with boxes or pots of flowers.

What: This selection of pond cypress (Taxodium distichum var. imbricatum ‘Nutans’) is a froth of feathery, bright green foliage arranged around an arrow-straight trunk. This unusual deciduous conifer ...

If you want your garden containers to be filled with colorful flowers in spring, now's the time to get your bulbs planted to make sure they're ready to bloom once our gardens thaw out after winter.

In Buddhism the lotus represents purity of body, speech and mind, floating above the muddy waters of attachment and desire — pretty heady stuff for a plant that prefers to grow in the thick mud of ...