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Sunflowers

Sunflowers

Sunflowers say “summer” like no other plant. American natives, sunflowers are grown for beauty and...
Mosquito on Leaf

Plants That Repel Mosquitoes and Other Insects

Which plants repel mosquitoes and other insects in the backyard and garden? See our list to find ...
Morning Glory in Blue

Morning Glories

Morning glories are annual climbers with slender stems, heart-shaped leaves, and trumpet-shaped...
Sweet Peas

Sweet Peas

With their fragile, seductive fragrance, Sweet peas make great flowers for gardens and bouquets....
Cosmos Flower

Cosmos

Cosmos are annuals, grown for their showy flowers. The flowerheads may be bowl– or open cup–shaped...
Impatiens

Impatiens

Impatiens is a beautiful annual that makes an excellent houseplant or summer bedding plant....
Nasturtiums

Nasturtium

Nasturtium is an easy-to-grow annual whose leaves and flowers are edible. Here’s how to grow your...
Growing Zinnia Flowers

Zinnias

Zinnias are one of the easiest plants to grow, as they grow quickly and bloom heavily. Zinnia...
Purple Pansies

Pansies

Pansies are the colorful flowers with “faces”! Here’s how to keep your pansies growing and blooming...
Garden Petunias

Petunias

Often grown as annuals, Petunias are one of the most popular flowers. They are tender perennials in...
Marigolds, French

Marigolds

No annual is more cheerful or easier to grow than marigolds. These flowers are the spendthrifts...
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October Birth Flowers

Both of October’s flowers are colorful annuals that thrive in full sun. What is the Flower for the...
Bee Buzz

Bee Buzz & Blue Berries

My yard is abuzz with bees from early Spring until late October.  Sometimes, I have to swat them...
Impatient for Impatiens?

Impatient for Impatiens?

Are you having trouble finding impatiens in garden centers this spring?  Did the ones you planted...
March is Jam-Packed

March is Jam-Packed with New Plants and Ideas

I thought I’d seen all the new stuff for 2013.  Wrong!  Two veteran seed companies have sprung a...
Part 2

Invasion of the Garden Catalogs--Part 2

So many gorgeous flowers and too little space!  That’s my dilemma as I pore over the seed catalogs...
Tips and Treats

Tips and Treats

Outdoor gardening has ended for most of us north of an imaginary line drawn from Los Angeles...
Celeste's Sunflowers

Sunflowers

I love sunflowers. They are so bright, beautiful, colorful and practical. I admire that, until the...
Potpourri

Potpourri: from the best annuals to giant cabbages

As I begin autumn cleanup, it’s productive to observe what grew the best, bloomed the most...