Find out when to plant peonies as bare-root starts, then use these tips to get your plants off to a strong start.

The three types of peonies are herbaceous, tree and intersectional. You may have more than one, so discover how to treat each plant when it comes to pruning. Herbaceous peonies are one of the most ...

For more than 1,000 years, the dried root of the white peony has been used in ancient Chinese medicine. It’s traditionally used to treat various ailments, including mental health disorders ...

Consider the verb defer. There is no verb stem *fer. Fer is a verbal root. It is found in refer, infer, prefer, differ, prefer, offer. The forms to the left of -fer are prefixes which cannot occur in ...

For peonies with bare roots, you should plant them as soon as you get them home, making sure you don't plant them too deeply as this won't do them any good, with the exception of tree peonies with ...

The primary functions of roots are to anchor the tree to the ground, store carbohydrates, absorb water and nutrients, and conduct those nutrients to the vascular system of the tree. Having healthy ...

Although tree roots appearing at the surface of the lawn might seem problematic for us, for the trees, it’s natural.

One key to success is knowing when to cut back peonies and how to properly make your cuts. These perennials produce new growth from the plant's crown in spring, which dies back to the ground after ...

Wild cucumber vine: This native but weedy plant always attracts attention when it begins blooming along the roadsides. Since ...

In east Bengaluru, at BEML Gate on the ever-busy Suranjandas Road, another tree has no such luck. Its roots stand exposed, almost unnaturally manicured, as work goes on beside it on the ...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. welcomes Brittany Packnett Cunningham and Anita Hill, two guests who made profound sacrifices for social justice, and helps them discover the ancestors who made sacrifices ...

From the great big oak tree to the spiky holly tree. Nearly all plants have these three important parts. The roots. The stem. And the leaves. But these parts don't always look the same.