Home & Garden

Taken together, proportion and scale are one of seven design principles. Interior designers use these principles to develop a room.

There’s an old saying that beautiful lawns are made in the fall, and unlike some old sayings, this one is actually true.

The Eastern Iowa Orchid Show and Sale, “Orchids are a Scream,” will return this year in conjunction with the Halloween holiday.

Get rid of dated honey-oak cabinetry with this easy do-it-yourself gel-stain project.

Like so many of the worst weeds, bindweed is allowed to gain a foothold in yards because it can be so pretty. A cousin of morning glory, bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis) is often called wild morning glory.

Rooms need contrast. It’s not that they can’t be monochromatic. Even within a color there can be differences in texture, pattern and shape. The greater the contrast the more striking the room is visually.

Daylily leaf streak is caused by the fungus Aureobasidium microstictum. Symptoms start with yellow or reddish streaks on the leaves, usually starting at the tip and then work downward. Eventually, the infected leaves wither and die completely.

Laura Dowling, who will be the featured speaker at the Sept.10 Cedar Rapids Garden Club’s annual fundraiser, talks about getting the job she didn’t think she’d get -- and flowers, of course.