“An annual is a plant that produces colorful blooms all season long and lasts for just one year,” explains Dan Stuppiello, divisional merchandise manager of Live Goods at Home Depot. “If you want to ...

The best annual flowers and plants are easy to grow, cheap, and long-flowering, and the brightly colored forms fill the garden with cheer. The likes of cornflower, cosmos, zinnia, snapdragon, and ...

Poppies can be annual or perennial, but the common red poppy, which is as hardy a flower as you’ll ever plant, is an annual.

As the weather cools and autumn rains break the late summer dry spell, gardeners can once again start planting in the garden. While fall is a wonderful time to plant perennials and deciduous shrubs, ...

For most gardeners in Greater Columbus, late May is like that Christmas song that muses: "It’s the most wonderful time of the year." It's when we can safely plant the warm-season vegetables that so ...

Greedy for a final flush of flowers in fall? Deadheading this list of annuals and perennials can help the plants conserve ...

Most people keep their lives organized with a calendar so they know where they are supposed to be and when. A lot of people also use the calendar to determine when they are going to do certain things ...

Visits to the garden center to explore the new season’s plants might equal the excitement of arriving at a much-anticipated, never-been-to-vacation destination. Is it the newness of both activities ...

Spring brings the emergence of flowering bulbs, Earth Day activities, and plant sales in the Milwaukee area. Garden clubs and community conservation groups conduct plant sales in order to encourage ...