The early spring, at least in the South, has everyone drooling for new plants. The supply chain from producer to garden center somehow pulled off a miracle and the supply has never looked better. The ...

It may not feel like it outside, but now is the time to start switching over your annual plantings for the fall and winter seasons. While I have lots of perennials in my yard, I still like to have at ...

I first got to know pentas one particularly brutal summer. Some of my annuals in containers had "cooked" in the blazing sun by August, so I went to a local garden center in search of replacements.

Pentas can be planted in containers to add a splash of summer color. The easy-to-grow annuals are available in many colors and sizes, and they bloom all summer long. Howard Garrett / Special ...

This is the time of year that cool-season bedding plants like pansies, violas, snapdragons, dianthus and petunias really shine — particularly those that were planted last fall. But while you may ...

I first got to know pentas one particularly brutal summer. Some of my annuals in containers had “cooked” in the blazing sun by August, so I went to a local garden center in search of replacements.

As temperatures rise in early May, the cool-season bedding plants that have put on such a wonderful display over the last few months will begin to play out. But don’t despair. When cool-season bedding ...