After its winter hibernation, the garden stirs with life again in March – daffodils rear their vibrant heads and blossoms starts blanketing tree branches. But while most of us are keen to get plants ...

In the spring, beautiful beds of pansies, violas, petunias, dianthus, snapdragons and other cool-season bedding plants are blooming in flower gardens. The peak blooming season for these plants is ...

Violets come in a whole rainbow of colors. They're usually found in bright jewel tones, but softer pastel varieties exist. While many of the 500+ species of violet flowers are perennial, these rugged ...

We're still more than 6 weeks away from the average last freeze of the season (Late April - Mid May), but March is a great time to start cool-season vegetables from seed. These crops thrive in chilly ...

To keep your flowerbeds colorful and attractive over the winter and into the spring, now is the time to replace warm-season bedding plants that bloomed over the summer. If they still look good, you ...

Start these plants in July for a delicious fall harvest For most parts of the U.S., July is the ideal time to sow seeds and plant more starts. If you plant smart, you can look forward to a ...

Adding plants that cool a garden helps to create a pleasant microclimate - we reveal trees, shrubs, and perennials that will ...

Discover how to use summer mulching to protect your plants from drought and heat over the coming months. Mulch locks in ...