There’s a lot that I’m thankful for, including a couple fall-season bloomers in my garden. I have recently mentioned these two plants, which are natives of Mexico, but they are blooming right now and ...

The first time I gazed upon a dahlia I was with my father, driving up the Arlington Circle in Berkeley. I spotted a driveway filled with black pots and tall plants that had dinner-plate size flowers.

It's time to think about buying or ordering dahlia tubers. Tubers planted by April stand a better chance of producing long stems and spectacular blooms than flowering plants bought in pots. Check out ...

Bob Sartor, of Bettendorf, got us started with this week's picture page, sharing this beautiful photo of ash trees planted along Bettendorf's 23rd Street. "This was (my sister-in-law's) favorite ...

Commissioned by Spain’s King Charles III in the 18th century, the botanical garden is a lesson in urban planning — and in the ...

Kathy Huber has worked for the Houston Chronicle since May 1981. She was Features Copy Desk chief before becoming the first full-time garden editor for the paper in 1988. She writes a weekly garden ...