You've probably heard by now that a hot, dry summer is on the horizon for most of the country, so you'll want to make sure that both your home and garden are prepared to handle the heat. For your home ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lavender growing in the sunshine Lavender is a herb known for its love of full sun and it evokes images of hot Mediterranean ...

When choosing any plant for your yard, it’s always important to consider the right growing conditions, but increasingly, even in temperate areas, we need to look at drought-tolerant planting as an ...

Mediterranean-climate regions, characterized as "winter-wet and summer-dry" within a narrow set of specialized conditions, make up only a tiny percentage of the Earth's surface, including the ...

Gardens could be shifting towards more Mediterranean planting, experts said, as the country swelters in a heatwave that is the sign of things to come. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Hampton ...

Many of you have asked for more information about which plants can thrive in a dry garden of the type I've been discussing in recent columns. Dry gardens are places where well-chosen plants can thrive ...

At the peak of our summer, the garden has dried up. But the lack of a hose, sprinkler or drip system hasn't stopped some gardens from looking fabulous, because the gardeners have chosen plants that ...

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Summertime in the Pacific Northwest. Sunshine, blue skies, gentle breezes. It’s almost like being … on the Mediterranean. And, as it so happens, Mediterranean plants enjoy the climate here. As a bonus ...