The curious green flowers of bells of Ireland are scene-stealers in a spring bouquet. They look pretty in a vase with feverfew, snapdragons, larkspur and ammi, which is similar to Queen Anne's lace.

In the spring, beautiful beds of pansies, violas, petunias, dianthus, snapdragons and other cool-season bedding plants are blooming in flower gardens. The peak blooming season for these plants is ...

We all delight in colorful landscapes. Colors enrich, add interest, draw attention, beautify, unify and complete the landscape. We often rely on beds of flowering plants to provide it. To keep the ...

For centuries, people have looked to nature for clues about the seasons ahead. While modern meteorology relies on satellites ...

November in Southern California usually ushers in cooler temperatures and possibly rain, which means gardeners can take a break from constant care and watering of plants and trees and instead focus on ...

If cool-season flowers -- such as pansies -- could tell you when to plant them, they'd scream for planting in the fall. It's ideal for bedding plants to produce many more blooms and the bright, sunny ...

For plenty of colorful petals all through your garden, plant primrose! These water-loving plants appreciate some morning sun ...

When temperatures lock in at 90 degrees and above, we will do most anything to make it seem cooler. One option is to plant cool rather than warm colors in the garden. Perhaps these summer blues will ...

The world is filled with strange plants. There are plants that make their homes in the deserts, existing off of precious little water; plants that live in the rainforest, hidden away in the dense ...

Economically, you get far less bang for the buck when you plant cool-season bedding plants late in the cool season. A pansy in a 4-inch pot costs the same in November as it will in April. A November ...