Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There is a plant panic of sorts going on and it is just now May. We are just getting into planting season in the South and I can ...

There is a plant panic of sorts going on, and it is just May. We are just getting into planting season in the South, and I can sense an urgency to find certain plants from my Facebook followers.

Q. I am interested in planting a persimmon tree in my yard. What are the different types and what do they need to grow well? I am in Riverside County, USDA zone 9b. Persimmon (Diospyros) can be grown ...

A gardener harvests a persimmon from a tree. - Emilija Manevska/Getty Images The American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) tree is a great addition to an edible landscape. Its fall colors and ...

This is the Garden Guy column by Norman Winter, a horticulturist and the former director of the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens. There is a plant panic of sorts going on and it is just now May. We ...