Choose a planting site for rhubarb which receives a minimum of six hours of direct sunlight, free from the shade of trees or buildings. Since rhubarb is a perennial, it should be planted to one side ...

Texas mountain laurel and redbud offer vibrant blooms and drought tolerance, making them perfect for San Antonio landscapes, plus more small trees to consider.

Salida and Buena Vista have about 100 frost-free days a year. For successful vegetable and flower gardens in this short ...

You may think using seedlings is the sure-fire approach to growing flowers, but that's not always the case. With these plants ...

Buying seedlings may seem a time-saving solution, but sowing some types of seeds at home can give you better results ...

Get a jump on the gardening season by starting vegetable and flower seeds indoors now, says University of Missouri Extension field horticulturist Donna Aufdenberg. “Starting seeds indoors doesn ...

A native wildflower, bloodroot is a perennial that thrives in shaded ... little sunlight during a month of often cloudy weather. After blooming, they drop seeds, and new plants will appear later in ...

This is when the urge to plant seeds and fill containers with flowers becomes irresistible. But wait a bit. Feel your soil to make sure it is not waterlogged before poking seeds into the ground.

Tips and techniques Everyone can grow flowers from seed. The main thing is to be quite laid-back about it and not worry about doing things exactly by the book. Over the years, I’ve found that ...