This week's column addresses when to pinch back annual and perennial flowers, characteristics of a good potting mix and ...

You may think using seedlings is the sure-fire approach to growing flowers, but that's not always the case. With these plants, you should go back to the basics.

Most types of annual and perennial flowers ... stopping before July 4. Other flowers, such as campanula, cockscomb, dill, larkspur, and most sunflowers, do not benefit from this and should not ...

After transplanting, cut existing flowers from plants to insure ... plains coreopsis, larkspur, California poppy, annual gaillardia, baby blue eyes, corn poppy, blackeyed susan, blue salvia ...

At the beginning of spring sowing season, it’s worth remembering there are few greater joys than coaxing growth from the ...

Through April 26: “All of Nature as It Breathes,” landscapes and flower paintings by West Marin ... Satellite exhibit for Richmond Art Center’s annual “Art of the African Diaspora ...

It might, for example, be the sight of the first daffodil in flower ... to sow seed of hardy ornamental annuals such as sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus); larkspur (Delphinium consolida); English ...

I don’t care if it isn’t officially spring, but I’m calling it – spring has sprung at our house. With all this nice weather we’ve been having and more on the way, it’s time to get outside for some ...

A cool-season annual, you'll have pretty flowers before many of the other fast-growing annuals begin to bloom. "Larkspur is another favorite because it offers true-blue flowers or pink or purple and ...