Some plants can be overwhelmed in a flowering border but can come into their own when planted in a container. David Overend ...

Some of the best dried flowers are strawflowers, celosia, statice, baby’s breath, lavender, amaranth, roses, and hydrangeas.

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Grumpy helps a reader struggling with what to grow in their sun-drenched yard. Plus, Grumpy’s plant of the month.

Dear Reader: Azaleas must have acidic soil (low soil pH). Soils in the Piney Woods area of East Texas fit that description, as will a few areas farther west. A soil test will tell you for sure.

The gardens of the Capitol Campus in Olympia are buzzing with springtime activity, even as Washington's 2025 legislative session wrapped up.

May I suggest a mixture of dwarf red pentas, low-growing white flowered zinnias and blue spreading torenia. If you get it started now all should be in full bloom by the Fourth of July.

Soil: 'Swamp azaleas grow well in moist, acidic soil,' Katie says. If you are unsure of your soil pH, use something like this soil testing kit, available from Amazon, to ascertain the value.

Flowering shrubs, like spirea, abelia, or dwarf azaleas, bring seasonal color without overpowering the space, while ornamental grasses offer texture and movement to sunny spots.

There’s a pleasing Cheshire usage that Garner uses throughout his books, plunder to mean ‘ponder’, and as far as he’s ...

Flowering shrubs, like spirea, abelia, or dwarf azaleas, bring seasonal color without overpowering the space, while ornamental grasses offer texture and movement to sunny spots. Whether starting from ...