Particular facets of gardening come naturally to some better than others. One area of gardening I have struggled with is propagating vegetables and flowers by seed. Since you can buy the same type of ...

Stick to your plant budget by harvesting seeds from these flowers with seedpods. These blooms keep on giving with ...

To grow your own cut flower garden, guess what?! You don’t need a ton of room or even much money. As long as you have good soil, full sunshine, and time, a cut flower garden could be what you see ...

You don’t need a lot of space or a big budget to grow and enjoy garden-fresh bouquets. Just fill a few vacant spaces, add an extra row in garden beds or fill a container with easy care flowers started ...

You might think you have to wait until spring to sow seeds for summer flowers, but to get beautiful blooms early in the year, ...

Growing flowers from seed is a great way to fill your garden with color when spring comes around, without breaking the bank by buying whole new plants from a nursery. And the time is ripe to sow the ...

Zinnias bloom continuously all summer—and pollinators can’t resist them. Here, how to plant and grow zinnias like an expert ...

Cut flowers sounded easy when I started gardening. Just plant some flowers and then cut them, right? Well, there is a lot more to it than that. Cut flowers are often grown from specific varieties that ...

This Benary Giant Coral zinnia passed the “wiggle test.” Gently shake the stem at its base. If it remains firm, go ahead and harvest. Praying mantis hatchlings disperse and begin hunting for insect ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Cutting and arranging flowers is a fun way to exercise your creativity and bring the beauty of your garden indoors. The more you do it, the easier it gets, and you'll soon be sharing your flowers with ...

A hand holding a bouquet of freshly cut flowers in a field - The_burtons/Getty Images When you're looking for easy to grow cut flowers for your garden, it's understandable to focus on show-stopping ...