Key Points Healthy annuals can stay in the ground to boost soil and prevent erosion.Remove any diseased plants to avoid pests ...

Begonias don't have to be annuals, and can survive the winter, if you take the necessary preparations to protect them from ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Maxed out on marigolds? Put out with petunias?

Fall is premium planting time—but how late is too late? In most U.S. regions, the aim is to plant at least four, better six ...

Beautiful marigolds and other annuals are calling from garden centers. Here’s how to help them thrive in your garden. Adele L. Wilcoxen Johnson County K-State Research and Extension Garden centers all ...

Summer annuals are the champions of the late-season garden. Perennials are the majority residents in my flower gardens, and each year, I welcome the reliable, repeat performers when they arrive to ...

When selecting flowers for a cutting garden, research their bloom time and length, Watson says. Sweet peas, larkspur and pot marigold tend to bloom early in the summer. Zinnias, sunflowers and cone ...

Annual plants don’t live for a year as the name suggests. Scraggly, unkempt-looking summer annuals are part of the late-season landscape. Cosmos, both the orange and pink types; petunias, callibroacha ...

Already, the snapdragons have lost their snap, the sweet peas have petered out, and the pansies are turning in to sure enough pansies. By the end of June, all those wonderful flowers you enjoyed ...

For the longest time, annuals were considered passé. Perennials had become all the rage, and the odd little orphan plant tucked away in some corner was acknowledged almost apologetically. Annuals were ...

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Some of the new annuals and perennials for 2020 that grow well in south-central Kansas may have you seeing red, according to Wichitan Mike DeRee, a regional Ball Seed Co. representative who hails from ...