How to Care for Pansy Flowers in Winter

My husband Wade runs a lawn care business and his clients who are active in garden clubs and enthusiastic about perennial garden design often share starts with him.One of my absolute favorites is the swamp sunflower he ob

If you held a flower popularity contest, petunias would certainly come away with a prize.Beloved for their masses of colorful blooms and

Whether they’re charming, compact millifloras in pastel shades, spreading varieties that cascade over a hill, or grandifloras with three-inch blooms in bold purple, all Petunia species belong to the nightshade family and are native to South America, in regions with hot and humid weather.While you’ll find more selections of the modern hyb

A tart gift from Mexico, tomatillos (Physalis philadelphica) are commonly used by chefs and home cooks throughout the United States and worldwide to add a piquant va-va-voom to sauces and chutneys.Beneath an intriguing yet inedible, papery husk lies a

Deer and rabbits aren’t the only ones that eye a garden or landscape full of flowers and think, “Let’s eat!”With “Edible Flowers: How, Why, and When

Have you noticed that the foliage-oriented houseplants that will grow enthusiastically without a lot of effort on your part tend not to be particularly colorful? And the flowering ones that do well indoors are typically pretty labor intensive.That’s why I’m such a fan of a houseplant known as the flamingo lily. It’s

Did you know there’s a plant named after a time of day?And while you may recall the rather old-fashioned fo

There are many succulent plants that are hard to kill and easy to care for. And then there is kalanchoe.Species in the Kalanchoe genus are both hardy

In a world full of cell phone-camera-alarm clocks, slow cooker-air fryer-Instant Pots, and convertible cargo shorts-pants, I appreciate the anacampseros succulent.This compact plant does one job for us gardeners, and it does i

When you hear of a houseplant that’s nearly impossible to kill, you probably think of something that looks like a stick or is made out of plastic.But pothos, Epipremnum aureum, is not just easy to keep al

If you’re a “Here We Come A-wassailing,” Yule log, Tiny Tim, and plum pudding-type of holiday reveler, have I got the holly for you to grow at home!English, aka common, holly (Ilex aquifolium) is native to Europe, no

Pumpkins spur the imagination, from the 19th century idea of using them for jack-o’-lanterns to Cinderella and her spellbound pumpkin carriage.But along with folksy celebrations and fai