This week's column includes advice for getting plants to produce, as well as how to get in touch with University of Missouri Extension's Plant Clinic.

Without this crucial step of banana tree care, your precious plants can be damaged by frosts, or, at worst, be killed ...

but we can now grow a reliably cold-hardy ornamental version of banana with the 2025 arrival of the ‘Ever Red’ variety. Maria Zampini, president of the Ohio-based Upshoot plant-introduction ...