Multiflora roses are in bloom, outcompeting native plants while providing minimal ecological benefits to local wildlife.

Tip: Organic gardeners should consider using alfalfa pellets (often sold as rabbit food at farm stores) mixed with compost ...

‘Blue By You’ is a winter-hardy, heat-tough perennial that produces long spires of blue-purple flowers … and lots of them. The flowers attract bees and hummingbirds, but deer and rabbits don’t like ...