Back in May, someone asked me to help choose flowers for her containers ... 75 plants, making sure some were tall, some medium and a few trailing. I told her it didn’t matter much what plant ...

Use it as a specimen plant in containers, normally in the center. If you plan to save the seeds from your ornamental peppers and start them next spring, make sure you begin your plants indoors at ...

Growing plants in containers is great if you have limited space and/or crummy soil, but the downside is that you have to be ...

Especially in the stride of container gardening, there's plenty you can do to bring your front porch to life. And we just happened upon one such plant that introduces tons of visual intrigue with ...

The number one consideration to successfully grow plants vertically is support. Besides size and lighting requirements, ...

Plant breeding is the production of plants by selective mating or hybridization. It is the traditional mechanism for producing new varieties of plants for horticulture and agriculture ...

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin gives advice about gardening in Florida including dollarweed, tomatoes, basketgrass, avocado trees ...

Ann Bailey was ready to give up on her garden when rains shut off this summer, but her husband kept watering. Now she's ...

With signs of spring blossom all around, a few days each week with warm sunshine makes one want to start planting out the ...

The best results in preserving come when fruits, herbs and vegetables are harvested at their peak. Toss or compost any that ...