Should you pull annuals before winter or leave them in the ground? We asked gardening experts what to do before the cold ...

Here we are at the start of May. The weather in April wasn't any good for gardening, with the exception of last weekend. After the great warm weather last weekend, the temperatures dipped back below ...

Hardy annuals, in horticultural terms, ticks two boxes: ‘hardy’, meaning not susceptible to frost, and ‘annual’, meaning it ...

As harvest wraps us, fall becomes a critical time for weed management. Applying a fall herbicide burndown targets winter ...

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?

First, create a barrier between the yards, some kind of edging material that can help control this eternal external threat. If you can't contain the source, you might as well give up now. Now we go on ...

Flowering annuals will show you a good time with the brightest colors in the plant world. Grow them in sun, shade, underneath shrubs or trees, in borders or in containers of any kind. Annuals don't ...

As home gardeners become more educated about the benefits of native plants (supporting native insects, birds and wildlife, and the environment as a whole), the focus has mainly been on trees, shrubs ...

It’s not uncommon for gardeners to experience some winter blues as the weather turns colder and the growing season comes to an end. If you find yourself missing the fresh growth and vividness of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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