When fall descends and the garden slows down, birds could use some extra help. That's true whether they're migrating south or roughing out northern winters.

Hot on the heels the featured plant in my last column, osmanthus, is another sweet-smelling fall bloomer, the ginger lily. Known botanically as Hedychium coronarium, ginger lily is a tropical ...

In another shaded area houseplants spend the summer outdoors. These are also long-lived mature plants that would be expensive to replace. These include umbrella tree, mother-in-law's tongue, spider ...