When to Sow Over 150 Annuals!
As the days get longer and longer, gardeners start to get itchy fingers. Surely it must be time to startContinue Reading
Category: Annuals
2018: The Year of the Calibrachoa
Every year, the National Garden Bureau, a non-profit organization promoting the pleasures of home gardening, selects one perennial, one annual,Continue Reading
Bello Grigio Reveals Its True Name
A reader, matt d. reed, just informed me that the beautiful Bello Grigio® (Stachys Bello Grigio), my favorite 2016 annualContinue Reading
Overwintering “Geraniums” Without Torturing Them
When I was a very young child, my father always overwintered his “zonal geraniums” (actually, they are zonal pelargoniums: [PelargoniumContinue Reading
More Black Flowers for a Goth Garden
This blog, about black and near-black flowers you can grow, is the second part of the article Black Flowers forContinue Reading
Black Flowers for a Goth Garden
It seems particularly appropriate to write about black flowers at Halloween. Given the lugubrious nature of the fete, the mostContinue Reading
How to Overwinter a Bougainvillea Indoors
Question: I have a beautiful bougainvillea that has bloomed all summer. I was told that I could keep it indoorsContinue Reading
How to Overwinter Ornemental Sweet Potatoes
The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) may be best known for its delicious tubers, but it has also given rise toContinue Reading
Time to Take Cuttings of Annuals
Many “annuals” in our gardens are not true annuals. Instead, they are “tender perennials.”: perennials from subtropical or tropical climates. IfContinue Reading
New Plants From the GWA Conference
Every year for over 25 years, I’ve attended the Garden Writers Association Conference and Exposition, one of the rare opportunitiesContinue Reading