Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at gnogardening@agcenter.lsu.edu. We have a large lantana bush growing on our fence. Lately, the leaves ...

Take mirlitons. Each fruit contains one large seed, and the seed sprouts while still in the fruit. We plant the entire fruit with the sprouted end down in the ground. Some gardeners insist that you ...

Despite the recent chilly weather, we're still planting warm-season vegetables in our gardens. Several of the most popular warm season vegetables grown in the home garden belong to the cucumber family ...

The cucumber family, properly known as the Cucurbitaceae, provides a wide variety of vegetables popular in the summer home vegetable garden. Members of the cucumber family that can be planted now ...