Our gardens might be winding down for the winter, but if you miss the sight of flowers in your garden, there's a loophole: a few autumn-flowering shrubs can work wonders at this time of the year.

But beginning gardeners need a few sure things, plants that are easy to grow and maintain, and that will give them the confidence to move on to greater challenges. Check out these 25 garden gimmes ...

Many of trees in the golf course at Otis Park in Bedford are smothered with wintercreeper. Volunteers will be clearing them ...

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Plant CO2 uptake rises by nearly one third in new global estimates Date: October 21, 2024 Source: DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory Summary: Plants the world over are absorbing about 31% more ...

Learn how to identify wintercreeper and the damage it does ... and prevention of invasive plants.