Around the time your autumn-planted bulbs like daffodils and crocuses begin to bloom is the perfect time to start thinking about planting out your summer blooming bulbs. These bulbs are planted in ...

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 ...

Fresh flowers are the best way to brighten up your home year round. Ihsanyildizli/Getty Images Having gorgeous landscaping is only half of the gardening story, as you probably want to enjoy the fruits ...

A Penstemon x ‘Dark Towers,’ a tall native hybrid Beardtongue, a perennial. Setting aside a spot in your yard to grow flowers just for cutting all summer to make into bouquets is a goal of many ...

Summer is here, with plenty of warm weather ahead, so why not grow flowers you can cut and bring indoors to enjoy? Growing cut flowers is easy and won’t require much effort once the plants get ...

Part of the pleasure of planting a garden is enjoying the gorgeous blooms. But why not bring the beauty indoors, too? Many annual and perennial flowers are easy to grow and attract pollinators, and ...

Farrah Storr writes the popular newsletter/Substack Things Worth Knowing I became an eccentric flower woman sometime between my 40th birthday and the morning I was browsing an antique store in the ...

These beautiful plants will fill your garden with feel-good vibes.

Growing a proper cutting garden takes a bit of planning. Every spring, I cut fragrant lilac stems from the two bushes flanking my front gate and set them in a vase indoors, where their fragrance ...

If you love bringing fresh flowers into your home, but don’t love the price of weekly bouquets, there's an easy solution: You can grow your own! A "cut flower garden" is fun and rewarding, and can ...

Recent studies suggest planting strips of wildflowers alongside crops boosts pollination and promotes higher yields. But these aren’t the only benefits. Adding wildflowers to your farm stabilizes the ...