About us: Ornamentals & Edibles sprouted and took root from our own love of gardening. In 2005, the Small Newspaper Group gave us the opportunity to turn our passion for plants into a gardening magazine. Now that magazine has evolved into a weekly gardening column and website. MORE...
In the Garden
Be inspired by the local gardens in our Photo Archives! Spring flowering shrubs such as forsythia and lilac should be pruned right after they finish blooming. Remove about a third of the old thick branches - cutting them to the ground. The newer, younger growth produces better flowers.