A sudden frost can be ruthless on plants, turning petals limp and faded overnight. Fall frost feels inevitable, but losing your vibrant fall flowers early doesn't have to be. Those blooms deserve a ...

If you've been planting annuals in your flower beds for a while you may have noticed how short-lived some of the blooms can be. While some flowers seem to bloom and bloom with no effort, others ...

The holidays have a funny way of turning even the most casual plant owner into a full-blown indoor gardener. Suddenly, everyone wants flowers exploding out of pots just in time for December ...

Dahlias will continue blooming longer if you spend a few minutes on this easy maintenance task. Whether you're growing dahlias in containers or planted a large patch of them in your garden, their ...

You might have heard that little gardening trick about “pinching back the mums” — the pruning technique that keeps our favorite fall-blooming flower from flopping apart. But what few realize is that ...

Mother Nature always has a few tricks up her sleeve, and one of those which has charmed me for years is the magic of color-changing flowers. I’m not talking about flowers like hydrangeas, whose flower ...