Opting for more unusual and often underrated bedding plants is a way of giving your garden long-lasting color and interest. In many cases, it's possible to choose repeat performers that will come back ...

Every year you can look around the area in spring and see amazingly beautiful beds of pansies, violas, petunias, dianthus, snapdragons and many other cool season bedding plants. The peak blooming ...

As temperatures rise in early May, cool season bedding plants that have put on such a wonderful display the last few months begin to play out. Even now you should be noticing the gradual, but ...

Question: We like to bring flowers indoors from the landscape. What are some good bedding plants to grow for cut flowers during summer? Answer: Any plant blooming during the summer would likely make a ...

Avid gardeners will know there's nothing more disheartening than planting summer bedding, only to find that it's become a midnight snack for slugs. These pests love damp, shady spots – and tender new ...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:48:39 GMT — Buyer beware! Impatiens, one of the most common summer bedding plants, is diseased this year. Plants can die within a week, if affected by an airborne mildew. And, ...