Colorado summers are short-lived but glorious. Mountainsides of quaking green aspen leaves may first come to mind, but meadows and slopes dotted with multicolored blossoms might win the beauty pageant ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Visits to the garden center to explore the new season’s plants might equal the excitement of arriving at a much-anticipated, never-been-to-vacation ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Something beautiful and unusual is happening in the southern part of the state this summer. Thanks to above-average moisture that has set the stage for an ...

Abundant moisture has brought lushness to Colorado gardens. By midsummer, early flowers are fading and you might experience a midsummer slump in flower borders. How can you carry color and interest ...

A Hunger Games-like arena, but for plants. That’s what you’ll find at Colorado State University’s Trial Gardens in Fort Collins. Each season, plant breeders from around the world submit their freshest ...

After a round of freezing temperatures and spring snow across Colorado last week, warmer and more seasonable weather is back along the Front Range. But the recent weather whiplash is a reminder that ...

DENVER (KDVR) — As Colorado faces drought conditions after one of the driest winters on record, experts are encouraging residents to use water-wise landscaping and native plants to help conserve water ...

Deadheading is essential. It's surprising how many people do it wrong. Don't just pull off the faded flower. Remove the flower, seed capsule and stem, depending on the kind of plant. Deadheading ...

Key Points Deadheading salvia encourages more blooms and supports pollinators throughout the growing season.Prune salvia in ...