Flowers are a stunning addition to your home garden. Planting a flower garden is fairly easy to do, but homeowners should be ...

Mint is the most notoriously invasive herb, but there are other herbs and ornamentals that I would steer away from. Epazote is an herb that, when added to bean dishes, supposedly prevents flatulence.

I saw a lot of things during my years as a professional gardener, and thankfully, the vast majority of the time it was a ...

If you love the cool, crisp, refreshing taste of mint in your lemonade or atop a summer salad, then you may be tempted to plant it in your garden.After all, this hardy perennial is easy to grow ...

Invasive plants are not just any weeds. To me, a weed is a plant that is undesirable where it’s located, but once you dig it out, it doesn’t come back.

Because mint plants spread quickly, gardeners tend to grow them in containers. When planted directly into the ground, they can become invasive and take over a garden. Mint leaves can make tea or ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Last week’s gardening column on the my years-long battle with invasive fish mint sparked a lot of interest and pleas for help. Some readers sent emails with nothing but ...

Mint (and many of its relatives) are notoriously invasive. We’ve planted it in large pots, but it requires constant vigilance because it keeps trying to escape.

Mint is the most notoriously invasive herb, but there are other herbs and ornamentals that I would steer away from. Epazote is an herb that, when added to bean dishes, supposedly prevents flatulence.