“2025 is the year of the pixie,” Topicals founder Olamide Olowe told ESSENCE exclusively last year. But, Olowe's declaration didn't stop when the year ended. It's 2026 and pixie cuts have still been ...

I prefer to leave perennials up for winter interest in my garden at home and then cut them back in spring. The spring gardening season is very busy for me and there have been some years when I did not ...

Hostas are sturdy, reliable plants that survive winter weather without much trouble. There are advantages, though, to cutting them back in autumn so they're ready to break ground and start growing ...

Does anyone know where I can get a perennial fern? I’m asking for a frond. Gardening has a dialect all its own, far beyond terms like perennial and frond. For example, “cutting back” has nothing to do ...