To me, apricot cut flowers are reminiscent of hazy summer days, and bring a relaxed and romantic touch to a bouquet. Their ...

Praying mantis are also good to encourage into your garden, feeding on caterpillars, moths, beetles and crickets. Hoverflies ...

Bees are always attracted to the purple flower of the rosemary. Photo / Steven McNicholl Someone mentioned to me the other ...

There's plenty of advice out there for shielding plants from frost, but many of the hacks just don't work. Some can even ...

If you’re not a paid subscriber to Gardenista and Remodelista, you’re in for a treat this month. Every Sunday until the end ...

I wrote a column introducing you to the Art & Sol collection of mangaves, which was having a soft release with a full debut occurring in 2025. If ...

Between 1924 and 2023, there was only one obvious botanical baby name that stood out in the SSA’s list of the most popular baby names over the past 100 years. That name was Olivia, which translates to ...

Garden soil is topsoil that’s been enriched with compost and other organic matter, and is better for planting or maintaining ...

My garden still had impatiens in flower in the middle of November! Some annuals such as zinnias, cosmos and coreopsis can ...

What drives a gardener to work so hard, to face failure, dig in and begin again? Every growing season teaches us a bit more ...

In 2016, astronaut Scott Kelly even grew zinnias in zero gravity on the International Space Station! Additional notes: Zinnias don’t like to be transplanted, so plant them into the garden directly ...