In mid-March, a friend showed me some pictures of her honey bees coming back to the hive with full loads of yellow pollen tucked along their legs. My friend lives near the Spokane River and the bees ...

Q: I was reading your response to a reader's question about a contorted filbert. You mentioned pruning. I thought, "Pruning? Am I supposed to prune it?" It has such fascinating limbs that I've just ...

THE COMMON HARRY Lauder’s Walking Stick, Corylus avellana L. ‘Contorta,’ is a treasured shrub by many gardeners. The unusual contorted branches are a conversation starter, and the winter interest this ...