In case you didn’t get the memo, California and the rest of the West are deep in drought, with no end in sight, so there’s no better time than now to reshape your landscaping — or balcony-scaping — ...

In a perfect world, every plant would have all the sun and moisture it needs. But if your summer garden has spots where the sun doesn't shine in the summer, thanks to mature trees or north-facing ...

All living things need at least some water, but some organisms can survive with less than others. These flowers are uniquely ...

A drought tolerant garden with some silver foliage plants - David Madison/Getty Images If you garden anywhere along the West Coast, you're undoubtedly aware that summers can get quite hot and tending ...

Prolonged droughts and heatwaves are expected to become more common in the coming decades, with parts of the U.S. already experiencing what scientists call a "megadrought." Droughts are periods of ...

When cherry laurel, boxwood, or rhododendron suddenly have brown leaves in winter, it often seems like frost damage. However, the real cause is often frost drought—a phenomenon that particularly ...

Here at the UConn Home and Garden Center we have been getting questions about lawn and garden issues that have been particularly widespread in the state. Whether in the landscape or the garden, there ...

It's always best if farmers can detect drought stress before crop plants become wilted, weakened and lower-yielding. An experimental new portable device could help in that regard, as it uses ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist ...