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Discover gorgeous flowers, herbs, and cover crops that can be planted in fall, from September onward. Learn how to use these plants to add winter color, autumn edibles, and early spring blooms.
Fall annuals bridge the gap between summer blooms and these cool-season annuals. They include autumn classics like mums and ...
If you'd like to add plenty of complementary color and texture to your mums during late summer, there are plenty of annuals ...
Spring and summer are peak seasons for most florals, but this popular flower will sprout quickly and provide color until the ...
Impatiens are staples in the shade garden, known for their prolific flowers and low-maintenance nature. Here's how to keep ...
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 ...
The summer annuals of verbena, coelus begonias, and impatiens and other flowers are fading out. September days are getting ...
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 ...
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?
Q: Last year at this time, I brought a bunch of annuals inside -- geraniums, ivy geranium, a beautiful lantana, a sun fuchsia and a 'Dragon Wing' begonia. All did beautifully this year and saved me a ...
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 ...