Larkspur is one of the best self-seeding flowers, meaning you will only need to sow seeds once for returning blooms, as these ...

If these annuals are growing in your garden, you have precious little time to waste - the upcoming frosts will kill them ...

If you still have any warm-season annuals in your garden beds, they’re probably on their last legs and not looking so great.

Empty raised beds? Fill them with these easy fall and winter gardening projects to keep growing, enrich the soil, and make ...

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Many gardens have not fared well with the dry late-summer/early fall conditions, so help is on the way with plenty of color ...

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 ...

This week's gardening column also includes guidance for handling aphids and black spots from sooty mold and advises patience ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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