Flowers

When fall rolls around, we love putting together our fall container garden full of colorful annuals. Fall flowers and summer annuals come together to add beautiful autumn color to our container gardens. So, in this article, I’ll share 15+ fall annuals for containers. There are so many great annual plants for ornamental pots or window …

I love growing chives in our herb garden. Not only do they offer a delicious (and gentle) onion flavor to home cooking, but they also help deter pests in the vegetable garden. To top it off, chives also produce gorgeous pink or purple blooms in spring. The flowers are ornamental, but also edible (and delicious). …

Growing plants in containers is a great way to garden. Whether you live in a small apartment without a yard, or you just want to decorate a porch, patio, or front steps, potted plants are incredibly versatile. However, the main flaw for potted plants is that they dry out fast in hot weather. So, if …

When it comes to designing our flower and vegetable gardens, we often choose plants with aesthetically pleasing colors and qualities. Perhaps we love the scent of lavender while also appreciating the beauty of purple coneflowers dancing around our landscape. The pollinators, however, see the world very differently. When it comes to the birds and the …

One of my personal favorite flowering plants is Eryngium. Also known as sea holly, these unique flowering plants are in the same family as carrots (Apiaceae). Here in the US, sea holly is not all that popular, and it can be difficult to find seeds or plants for sale. So, if you want to have …

I think I speak for all gardeners when I say there are too many different fertilizers to choose from! Growth fertilizer, bloom fertilizer, blueberry fertilizer, rose fertilizer, tomato fertilizer – the list goes on and on. What if you want to keep it simple and just use one type of fertilizer for all of your plants? For …

Echinacea is a group of popular flowering plants native to North America. Most popular is Echinacea purpurera, also known as purple coneflower. These beautiful flowers are gorgeous in naturalistic landscaping, and are easy to grow at home. In this article, you’ll learn everything you need to know about growing Echinacea from seeds. Before You Start… Before you plant …

Square foot gardening makes planning a garden so much simpler. Instead of guessing where each plant should go, you use a simple square grid to plan it out. In this article, I’ll share 3 amazing 4×8′ raised bed garden plans using the square foot gardening method. While you’re welcome to follow our plans exactly, there …

Every year, our garden becomes a bit more complex. With more plants to grow from seed, we need more space for seed starting indoors. So, we decided to build a simple seed starting shelf to save space (and money). In this article, I’ll show you everything you need to make your own DIY seed starting …

Zinnias are an incredibly popular annual flowering plant with showy blooms. They come in a wide range of colors, bloom sizes, and heights. Whites, reds, yellows, peaches, pinks, oranges – even multi-colored varieties are available! However, if you aim to grow a more diverse garden, you’ll need some companion plants. In this article, I’ll share …