This Oct. 14, 2025, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows a shovel plunged into soil around a cherry laurel shrub. Gardeners can transplant spring- and early summer-blooming plants like cherry ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - At Akin’s Nursery in Shreveport, owner Jennifer McGimsey says one of the biggest challenges local gardeners face is right under their feet: Northwest Louisiana’s heavy clay soil.

While a fall application of mulch can be beneficial to plants, we have seen a growing trend of piling mulch much deeper than ...

The formula for successfully planting shrubs next to your house? Airflow and shallow roots. From black chokeberry to Rose-of-Sharon, consider these options.

It’s the end of the gardening season, and those of us who’ve endured a less-than-perfect layout may be itching to move shrubs around. But proper timing is imperative. I inadvertently planted a Clethra ...