In Fielding Questions, readers also asked about how to properly store onions and whether rose pruning should be delayed.

Deadhead spent flowers to keep plants in bloom. Growing French marigolds from seed is easy with reliable, rapid germination followed by flowers in just six to eight weeks. It's a gardening project ...

During winter, our gardens are in repose resting under a beautiful white blanket of snow. However, even during winter, ...

In Fielding Questions, readers also asked about how to properly store onions and whether rose pruning should be delayed.

Q: I’ve been starting our own marigolds indoors from seed each year, because they are so easy to grow and they do well in the flowerbeds on the south side of our house where it gets hot.

Lemon Gem is an heirloom marigold with neat, mound-shaped plants that are perfect for the edges of flowerbeds or in containers.