How to build a retaining wall
If your front yard is built on a slope, leveling it out and adding a garden full of flowers creates …
Welcome to Garden Gate's weekly newsletter: Here you'll find timely tips to maintain a great-looking (and tasting!) garden. We'll share our favorite plants, pests you should be on the lookout for and exclusive garden plans and design ideas. Plus we'll keep you in the loop on our latest giveaways!
Sign up for our newsletter list below and we'll send you a couple emails a week with helpful tips and garden inspiration.
June 2010
Spotted cucumber beetle
Adult beetles are 1/4 to 1/3-in. long and yellow to green with 11 black spots on their backs. The wormlike …
Great ways to use vines in containers
Give a gardener a vine, and odds are he or she will plant it next to a trellis or an …
Magnesium deficiency in clematis
Clematis leaves can turn yellow when they get too much moisture. But if your clematis is growing in well-drained soil, …
‘Double Click Rose Bonbon’ cosmos
Flower gardeners are always looking for pretty flowers — and this new cosmos really delivers. Just take a look at …
Tree of heaven
Crush the leaves of tree of heaven and you’ll pick up a foul, skunky odor. The leaves are large, sometimes …
Berm basics
Building a berm is a big project. Consider these basics while you’re planning.
Eastern firefly
Adult fireflies (also called lightning bugs) are actually winged beetles, not flies.
Slide show: Make color work for you
Whether you’re designing a perennial border or just placing a few containers on your deck, color is important.
Hemp dogbane
Like an alien in a science fiction movie, the roots of hemp dogbane keep spreading as if they’re going to …
