How Can I Overwinter a New Guinea Impatiens?
Question: Every year, I bring in a New Guinea impatiens at the end of September. And every year, after aboutContinue Reading
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Question: Every year, I bring in a New Guinea impatiens at the end of September. And every year, after aboutContinue Reading
Mother Nature originally planned for each plant to have a precise flowering period. But you can outsmart nature… at least,Continue Reading
Phlox is a wide-ranging North American native perennial and a common fixture in woodland, prairie, and meadow landscapes. Every year,Continue Reading
Dare to plant red! It’s the trendy flower color for 2022, the official color of the Year of the Garden,Continue Reading
Verbena can rock any spot in the garden during the hottest days of summer! From the National Garden Bureau EveryContinue Reading
Sunflower-sowing season will be upon us soon enough, so what better time to start planning growing sunflowers in a wayContinue Reading
Photo: skat15, depositphotos 5 Handy Lists! By Larry Hodgson Do you want to know when to sow your garden plantsContinue Reading
The Green Thumb Award is an annual competition for plants and products that are innovative and unique and that bringContinue Reading
By Larry Hodgson Nearly 30 years ago, I grew some seeds of bat-face cuphea or Mickey Mouse plant (Cuphea llavea)Continue Reading
By Larry Hodgson I have been growing Zanzibar castor beans (Ricinus communis ‘Zanzibarensis’) ever since I was a child. NotContinue Reading
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