A patio with a range of trees in containers - Piranka/Getty Images Growing your own produce is an exciting and incredibly rewarding experience. However, many of us aren't lucky enough to have big ...

The key to growing a fig tree successfully in a pot is to pick the right cultivar. Some figs can grow huge and could be a plant to avoid in a small garden but choose a fig that's suitable for a ...

Container gardening is all the rage these days because houses are getting bigger and lot sizes are shrinking. Containers are also easy to care for and that works with today’s busy lifestyles. But ...

The houseplants are back inside, the pots of annuals have been emptied and the containers won't be replanted until the spring. But in this rush to lay bare the winter garden, we may be missing an ...

Mairi Beautyman is a design writer who has written for Interior Design, Huffington Post, Wired, Art News, Architectural Record, Azure Magazine, The Robb Report, and more. The fast-growing black-eyed ...