Wildflowers bring a beautiful array of color to your garden, and they come in more varieties than you might realize. And in addition to being beautiful, wildflowers attract pollinators like bees, ...

The unrelenting sun often forces us indoors at summer’s end, seeking refuge from oppressive heat. Thankfully, the recent rain and break in temperatures has us thinking about the garden again. In ...

Wildflowers are among the easiest plants to grow, especially if you copy Mother Nature. For cool climate gardeners, that means spreading seed over the ground after the first killing frost and before ...

CUT: Purple fall asters are among the native wildflower seeds that will be spread through Lakeway this weekend. COURTESY PHOTO. Volunteers can e-mail Bob Schooler at [email protected] and let him know ...

Q: I want to plant wildflowers over my septic field next spring. Is it OK to use Roundup now over the area? Richard Simms, email A: There's no problem spraying weed killer now, but I wouldn't wait ...

Wallet? Check. Keys, phone? Check. Parmesan cheese shaker filled with native wildflower seeds? Well, if you are San Francisco plant lovers and self-described “volunteer conservationists" Phoenix and ...

Question: I put in a wildflower feed plot for the song birds 3 years ago. We prepared the bed by first using Round Up to kill all the grass then lightly tilled to scratch the surface and planted the ...

HOW TEMPTING is the idea of scattering a $2 seed mix and, in a few weeks, watching hundreds of flowers pop up to cover the ground? The front of the can or packet shows a tempting kaleidoscope of ...