“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 ...

Spring trimming sets the tone for how your shrubs look and perform over the next twelve months. Cut at the wrong time, remove the wrong wood, or reach for the wrong tool, and you lock in problems that ...

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 ...