Grow: Butterfly Weed This North American native plant is a butterfly magnet with flowers that are a nectar source for...
Spring Blooming Plants for the New American Garden The style is hardly new. The New American Garden has been around since the 1960s, when Wolfgang...
Jump Start Spring with Early Annuals There are plenty of cool weather annuals besides pansies that are perfect for planting in early...
How to Grow Microgreens Three years ago I attended a workshop with Will Allen, the former NBA basketball player turned...
7 Easy-to-Grow Plants for Indoor Beauty Adding plants to indoor spaces adds beauty to our surroundings, helps remove toxins from the air...
The Basics of Potted Citrus If your plans don’t include a trip to the Caribbean, you can still enjoy a sense of the tropics...
Picking the Perfect Poinsettia It’s that time of year when poinsettias show up in garden centers, grocery stores, and just about...
Fill in Those Holes in the Garden We all have them: holes that exist in our perennial borders. I’m not talking about the holes...
Self-Sowing Flowers Expand Your Garden Display Like most homeowners, I’m constantly seeking new ways to reduce the time and money I spend...
Fragrant Flowers for Every Season Gardening is so many things but mainly it is a glorious employment of the senses. Sight, taste...
Eating My Houseplants I’m eating my houseplants. Or rather I should say I’m growing plants indoors that I can eat...
Growing Chrysanthemums Are you familiar with those huge, larger-than-life chrysanthemums your grandmother or grandfather...
Growing Goldenrod – Fall’s Golden Wands According to Aesop’s Fables, “a man is known by the company he keeps.” While there may be...
Fragrance and Flowers in Winter The dream of most Zone 7 gardeners is to have flowers in the garden for twelve months of the year...
Grow Russian Sage Gardeners have long loved Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) for its airy texture and love of...