If you dream of your flower borders and containers filled with glorious color this summer, May is a fantastic month to sow annual flower seeds. Many easy-to-grow flowers producing blooms of different ...

Thunbergia, often referred to as 'black-eyed Susan vine', is a tremendous annual climbing plant, flowering profusely until ...

Through the summer I have often sung the praises of deadheading annual flowers as a means of keeping them blooming. However, at this time of year my tune changes. The reason is that many annual ...

Discover gorgeous flowers, herbs, and cover crops that can be planted in fall, from September onward. Learn how to use these plants to add winter color, autumn edibles, and early spring blooms.

As the weather gets warmer, it can be exciting to look forward to vibrant spring gardens. If you’ve planted fall bulbs, you’ll start to see tulips, daffodils and more blooming, but what if you missed ...

Here’s how to make sure those impulse catalog purchases result in happy surprises — not buyer’s remorse. By Margaret Roach Not to put a damper on your seed-catalog bingeing — it marks the ritual start ...

Each year, visitors to my garden zoom in on a half-dozen or so new plants they’d like to try, but 2006 was different. Everyone wanted the same plant! The focus of all this attention and admiration ...

Fall annuals bridge the gap between summer blooms and these cool-season annuals. They include autumn classics like mums and ...

Zinnias are one of my favorite flowers to save seeds from as they are easy to grow and attract plenty of butterflies. They come in a ...