Thrift is among the reasons, as nurseries typically drop their prices at this time of year. Also, trees and shrubs you plant now will be ahead of the game next spring.

It’s the right time to divide and move them, and it’s not too hard.

But there’s an exception to every rule: Several types of shrubs and certain pruning jobs are suitable for fall.

Your garden can remain awash with color into the fall with this list of late-blooming flowers.

Tomatoes can be fussy to grow to Maine. But there are a few ways to increase your chance of success.

Let us count the ways: It’s gorgeous, productive, easy to prune, and it has an interesting backstory.