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May 20
Snapdragon Care: How to Grow & Keep Snapdragons Blooming
Snapdragons bring something unusual to the flower garden: tall spikes of intricate blooms that thrive during the cooler parts of the growing season when many heat-loving annuals are only beginning—or already starting to fade. Their flowers come in nearly every warm and pastel shade imaginable, including white, yellow, peach, orange, pink, red, burgundy, lavender, and …
May 13
Nasturtium Care: How to Grow Nasturtiums From Seed to Bloom
Nasturtiums are among the easiest flowers to grow from seed, yet their combination of bright blooms, rounded leaves, trailing growth, and edible flowers makes them useful far beyond a simple beginner’s garden. A handful of seeds can become a sprawling ground cover, a cascade of flowers tumbling from a container, a compact border plant, or …
May 06
Sweet Pea Care: How to Grow Fragrant Sweet Peas From Seed
Sweet peas are among the most fragrant flowers you can grow from seed. Their delicate, ruffled blossoms appear in shades of white, cream, pink, rose, lavender, purple, blue, red, burgundy, peach, and numerous bicolors, often filling the garden with a noticeable perfume during the cooler part of the growing season. The classic annual sweet pea, …
May 06
Morning Glory Care: How to Grow Morning Glories From Seed
Morning glories are among the most rewarding flowering vines to grow from seed. Give them sunshine, something to climb, and a little patience early in the season, and these fast-growing vines can cover a trellis, fence, arbor, or railing with heart-shaped foliage and colorful trumpet-shaped flowers by summer. Many ornamental morning glories belong to the …
Apr 22
Impatiens Care: How to Grow Impatiens in Shade, Pots & Garden Beds
Impatiens are among the most dependable flowers for bringing color to shady parts of the garden. While many popular annuals demand hours of direct sunshine, common impatiens can flourish beneath trees, along shaded walkways, beside porches, and in other locations where sun-loving flowers struggle. Their appeal goes beyond shade tolerance. Impatiens bloom for an exceptionally …
Apr 15
Dianthus Care: How to Grow Pinks, Sweet William & Carnations
Dianthus may look delicate, with frilly petals and often wonderfully fragrant flowers, but many members of this large plant group are surprisingly tough garden performers. Depending on the variety, Dianthus can form low cushions along a sunny border, fill cottage gardens with clusters of colorful flowers, or produce the long stems and ruffled blooms we …
