Gardening guru Ciscoe Morris is showcasing Hens and Chicks this week, an easy to care for plant that will spruce up your garden with hardly any water and no need for fertilizer. Hens and Chicks are ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- You probably know them as "Hens-and-chicks," "Live Forever" or "Houseleeks." But their name really is Sempervivums, from the Latin semper, meaning always, and vivus, meaning ...

"Now here's the hen," my grandmother spoke to my father with obvious pride, "and if you take care of her, she'll soon give you chicks." But instead of handing him a chicken, she gave him what looked ...

Green thumb or not, today's guest is guaranteed to grow. It thrives in the sunniest, driest garden spot and with the tiniest amount of soil. They actually prefer life tucked between rocks or crammed ...

Dear Carol: My hens and chicks are growing in a strawberry pot. I brought the pot inside two weeks ago and now the plants are sending out shoots. I'm not sure what they will be able to latch onto to ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." [table-of-contents] stripped Long before Millennial gardeners made flowering succulents so hugely popular ...

When I took over the stewardship of the OPC garden in Rochester, one of the garden spaces I inherited in front of an enchanting tiny stone cottage was filled with nothing but a ground cover of hardy ...