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

Choosing the best fall annuals for your garden starts with understanding how they perform in cooler weather. Look for plants ...

It’s okay to plant hardy perennials and shrubs 4–6 weeks before the ground freezes. Don't plant if the first expected fall ...

German chamomile is a popular herb often used to make a delicious tea. You can easily keep it growing in your garden by doing ...

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?

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 ...

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

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 ...

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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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 ...