Viola × wittrockiana, commonly referred to as pansies, are like cabbages and leafy greens in that they love a little bit of ...

Scabiosa or pin cushion flower, as they are often more fondly known, are exquisitely romantic flowers to sow in January. They are a stalwart of my cutting beds, as I love to use them in floral ...

These flowers ought to bring some brightness to early spring, and with some needing attention up to 12 weeks before the last ...

You can plant dormant trees and shrubs and sow native plant seeds in January to get a head start on your garden. Discover three fruit-producing plants and six native plants to add to your garden this ...

Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. Zinnias are cold-hardy and will bloom until autumn's ...

Winter Seed Sowing Workshop. When: 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24. Where: Will Rogers Library, 1515 N. Florence Ave. in. Event ...

Close to 100 people lined up Saturday morning to participate in a donation-based winter sowing activity sponsored by the Valparaiso Native Plant Group. Visitors were able to leave the event with their ...

Perennials are a popular option for flower gardens, and for good reason—they come back on their own. But there’s another option to bring flowering annuals into your garden that don’t need to be ...

Donna Foster, who lives in East Long Beach near the CSULB campus, emailed me concerning a sunny slope, nearly bare, that needs planting. She was thinking of broadcasting seeds and wanted to know my ...

More than 30 years ago, a group of scientists planted 4,200 seeds of the rare Pitcher’s thistle in the sandy dunes of the ...