With winter almost upon us, there’s no better way to cheer yourself up than thinking about next year’s garden. If you’ve received a stack of seed catalogues recently, you’ll know that now is a good ...
There are all sorts of fabulous flower seeds to sow in April, to prep for a stunning summer display. With the steadily climbing temperatures, many varieties can now be planted outdoors where they are ...
William Wordsworth wrote these memorable lines in moments of delightful recollection of the daffodils, the flowers that did not cost him a penny for filling his heart with joy: “They stretch'd in ...
In mid-spring, the garden centers bloom with the year’s offering of new flower and vegetable plants. It’s a great time for gardeners. But it isn't here yet. We are still several months away from ...
Each year I try to grow one special crop, a weird one, to discover how these plants grow, flower and differ by variety. Past special crops have been fingerling potatoes, Indian corn, amaranth, ...
The world may never know if dinosaurs stopped to smell the flowers, but scientists have uncovered a few more clues about the ancient blossoms that grew alongside ankylosaurs and iguanadons. Recently, ...