Trying to choose the best types of sedums for sustainable gardening is enough to make you feel like a kid in a candy shop. Whether sprawled like carpets of color amidst rocks or bobbling delicately ...

As the summer blooms fade and the air turns cooler, your garden doesn’t have to lose its charm. Fall is a great time to ...

The world seems to have a fascination with volcanoes and even more so with flowing lava. We’ve got volcano lava cookware, lava salt lamps, lava rock mulch, some of my favorite glazed pottery designs ...

Sedum, also known as stonecrop, is a remarkable succulent that will introduce different textures, colors and shapes to your garden. I discovered sedum a few years ago while I was looking for pathway ...

A funny thing happened on the way to May, I have what looks to be a million tiny yellow flowers. It happens every year for about 4 to 6 weeks, but no one talks about it. Some even look away. In fact, ...

Cliff faces and rock-strewn hillsides in Mexico are home to golden sedum (S. adolphi), among the world’s fastest-growing succulents. Up to eight inches tall, plants bear rosettes of fleshy, upturned ...

With many western Pennsylvania home landscapes composed of banks, slopes and uneven terrain, a naturalistic rock garden can be the ideal solution. Consider incorporating existing characteristics such ...

Crevice gardens do require a bit of work upfront, but after that, they’re pretty low-maintenance. Although you can use any type of large rocks in any arrangement, Czech crevice gardens—which are ...

Norman Winter is a horticulturist. He is a former director of the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens. Follow him on Facebook at Norman Winter “The Garden Guy.” See ...