It’s time to start annuals that get off to a slow start, such as pansies, violas, snapdragons and lobelia. Read the seed ...

Like most gardeners, I have favorite plants I’ve been growing for years and will continue to grow, like fragrant and tasty Big Boy tomatoes, wide Romano-type Italian flat beans, climbing zucchini and ...

Flowering perennial plants are a long-lived component of a colorful summer landscape. Most home gardeners purchase their ...

Murasaki translates to “purple” in Japanese. So, yes, this long-stemmed cauliflower has bright purple florets, as well as ...

Tubers and alliums often get short shrift as the least sexy veg, but master gardener Callie Works-Leary says they deserve top ...

That's right — there's a right way and a wrong way to water freshly potted dahlia tubers, and there's a good chance that a ...

New “slow flower” farms grow beautiful blooms—without health-harming chemicals used by overseas operations that dominate the ...

This early timing not only gives the plants a head start for summer, but also allows us to take cuttings from the fresh new ...

You can buy them from garden centres or by mail order in spring, or use your own tubers that have been overwintered. Starting dahlias in pots is a great way to get them into growth earlier in the ...

Despite the lingering frost and persistent chill, spring is around the corner so this is a time when garden enthusiasts ... quality bulbs as well. Now, just to wait to see them grow in the spring." ...

Dates are a wonderful fruit that's both nutritious and delicious. These sweet treats are easy to grow, and mature in clusters on certain types of palm trees. However, many of these date trees can ...

Why not plant some early summer flowering shrubs like weigela and California lilac to boost colour in the garden through May and June ... Chit the seed potatoes by placing the tubers in old egg boxes ...