When spring is in the air, there’s nothing like seeing color in the garden. These bright spring annuals, from violets, pinks, ...

The same requirement for a period of exposure to cold also goes for the seed of many other kinds of popular flowering plants including: larkspur ... s too early in the growing year to plant ...

Hitting the plant aisles in big box retailers or paying a visit to your local garden center is a delight. But even more delightful is when you find petite plants looking cute in their tiny pots ...

Start a seed library. Sixth-graders at Hall Middle School in Larkspur, California, added a seed library to their school library more than a decade ago, with students learning how to harvest, organize, ...

Weeding, mulching, sowing and growing are high on the jobs ... marigold and larkspur. Fill a small pot or tray with seed compost, tap the container gently and brush the excess soil from the ...

Greenhouses and windowsills soon fill up with pots and seed trays as we attempt to get ... calendula, cornflower, larkspur, sunflowers, love-in-a-mist, Shirley poppies and Ammi majus.

Combine Dianthus with plants that harmonize with its foliage and colors; good companions include coral bells, feverfew, lamb’s-ear, larkspur, lavender ... began to grow varieties that didn’t set seed.

Growing cilantro is easy, but this cool-weather herb quickly flowers and goes to seed as temperatures rise. This can be ...