Q: While visiting a friend I was admiring a groundcover bed she has. She called it “purpleheart,” and she said it’s a winter-hardy cousin to wandering Jew. How dependable is it? I’d like to plant some ...

This past spring, we adopted a new puppy, about a month after losing our beloved family dog. The new puppy was so small, she almost fit in the palm of my hand. Even so, she was capable of being quite ...

Q: I have never grown purpleheart before, but it did really well for me this year. I am told that it is winter-hardy. Will it come back in the spring? My other wandering Jew plants never have. A: It’s ...

If there’s one plant that will survive neglect, even in the hands of the most inexperienced gardener, it is this innocuous beauty. It does great in sunny, shady, waterless, waterlogged and poor soil ...