I always get excited when the first flowers bloom in the spring. There’s nothing like watching your garden come to life and seeing new growth after the dormancy of winter. When I see the first bright ...

There’s nothing more rewarding than growing vegetables and flowers from seeds. Even if you are a novice gardener, you’ll experience the joy of watching new plants come to life while you can taste your ...

For the past 6,000 years, humans have cultivated poppy flowers, including Papaver somniferum, which is one of several species ...

Discover a selection of flowers to sow in December that will give you earlier blooms next year, along with expert sowing tips for all of the plants ...

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 ...

Save money and indoor space used for starting seeds indoors with winter sowing. This easy technique allows you to start transplants from seeds outdoors without a greenhouse or cold frame. Growing your ...

Fall is an excellent time to sow the seeds of this showy, low-maintenance, reseeding flower that provides stunning blooms in ...

Don’t worry if you have already spent most of your plant budget for the year. Fill voids in your gardens and containers with heat tolerant annuals planted from seeds directly in the garden. Zinnia and ...

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 ...

Cauliflower seeds started indoors in January get a welcome head start. This cool-loving vegetable thrives when given enough ...

While springtime may seem like the best time to start seeds, some plants don’t mind the heat. You can use seed starter kits in the summer, but some plants will do better than others. Whether you’re ...

Planting amaranth from seed over 95 days span time-lapse. Red amaranth is a vegetable that also known as Chinese spinach.