A red rose that returns pink has almost always been replaced by its own rootstock after a hard Colorado winter. How to tell, and what to do about it.

Browning that starts on the lower inner branches of a Colorado blue spruce is usually needlecast, not drought. How to tell what you are looking at.

Plant garlic in Colorado in October. Here is how to judge the timing by soil temperature rather than the calendar, and what to do after the cloves go in.

Hand-picking beats spraying, traps make things worse, and timing matters more than product choice. What actually works on Japanese beetles in Colorado.

Bindweed cannot be pulled out. Here is what actually works on Colorado’s most stubborn weed — and what only makes it worse.