In Fielding Questions, readers also asked about how to grow large onions and how to successfully use insecticidal soap.

This week's column tackles questions about what to do with poinsettias after Christmas, mulching and sowing seeds in winter.

For most gardeners, sowing these seeds and keeping the few alive that actually germinate for four months is not worth the ...

Seed catalogs are out, and it’s time to select spring garden plants, with tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beans and squash being the popular choices. These are all grown as annuals, plants that grow for ...

Who doesn't love a long-blooming, low-maintenance perennial with showy blooms that tolerates ... around with indoor pots or grow lights if you don't want to. Sowing seeds outside in the fall or early ...

The Ball Seed Cut Flowers team has announced the availability of its two-year catalog for 2025-2026 that focuses on fresh floral assortments. Ball Seed Cut Flowers ...

Think you need full sun to grow beautiful plants? These 10 best ... When you plant astilbe in the masses, the pop of color becomes a butterfly magnet. Expect to see the elegant blooms between late ...

One thing became evident at the very start of the project: I am incapable of discarding seed packets. I almost never plant all the contents of a seed packet, so I keep them. As I cleared the ...

If you save the seeds of an F1 hybrid, do not expect to grow the same plant ... perennial: coming up next year too. Ignoring seed packet instructions is a recipe for disappointment. Nursery ...

If you still have winter vegetables in the garden, December is a good time to harvest. The harsh freezes of January and ...