Whenever Hayden Shuping comes to speak to the Rowan County Extension Master Gardeners, we have a good time learning about different plants. You may remember his visit in February to talk about ...

If you created some ornamental container gardens this summer, you may have included tender succulents. Echeverias, Aeoniums, Crassulas, Kalanchoes and Graptoverias are just a few of the types that ...

It's hard to say at what point the growing of succulents went from being a nerdy backwater of gardening to a viral sensation. It might have been the day somebody figured out you could hot-glue them to ...

SUCCULENTS ARE well suited to the times. Is there another kind of plant that takes up such little room and even less water? They live happily in pots pretty much forever, needing little care or ...

Succulents – like these echeverias in a Davis garden in 2014 – offer a lot to gardeners looking for interesting drought-tolerant plants that can survive extended periods without additional water.

Sedums have shallow roots, so don't plant them in a deep container. Too much soil will hold moisture that can rot the plants. Duncan Livingston The News Tribune Mid-June is still not too late to plant ...

Q: I have a pot in full sun that I have a hard time keeping up with watering. I want colorful plants, but even drought-tolerant annuals struggle or are pretty limiting in palette. What else can I try ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Chic succulents are still on trend along the Front Range — and for good reasons. These architectural plants are practically perfect. “Succulents make sense ...

Succulents have become the “Go dry in January” plant as they share the traits of drinking very little after the holiday season. You may see signs of spring bulbs in your outdoor garden now, but make ...

My house was just one stop on a recent neighborhood garden tour, and the most frequently asked question was, “What in the world are you going to do with all those succulents you have growing on your ...

Nothing else looks so good, for so long, with so little attention. So long as you go easy on them. By Margaret Roach The photo in a recent newsletter from Katherine Tracey, a garden designer in ...