Plus, how they're different from biennials and perennials. Annuals are an excellent starting point for all gardening levels—beginners to amateurs to those who don't have a green thumb at all. Most ...

Choosing new plants is, in my opinion, the best part of planning a new border or container display. But before you begin sifting through catalogs or scrolling online stores, one of the key things you ...

These tough annuals will spice up any garden. Ornamental peppers are easy to grow for their colorful fruits in shades of red, ...

If you're struggling to fill bare spots in your shady landscape, these beautiful annual flowers will provide color and texture in full to partial shade.

As the temperature begins to shift, choose hardy plants that thrive in cool weather to keep your garden colorful and vibrant this autumn.

For the longest time, annuals were considered passé. Perennials had become all the rage, and the odd little orphan plant tucked away in some corner was acknowledged almost apologetically. Annuals were ...

Q: Last year at this time, I brought a bunch of annuals inside -- geraniums, ivy geranium, a beautiful lantana, a sun fuchsia and a 'Dragon Wing' begonia. All did beautifully this year and saved me a ...

Covering plants with sheets is the most effective way to guard a garden from frost, but you can also try water jugs, fans, or cloches.

Hummingbirds migrate north in the spring, and their arrival is eagerly anticipated by some gardeners. Certain plants, like cuphea, geraniums, impatiens, lantana, nicotiana, petunias, salvias, and ...

Don Kinzler offers his observations about what’s happening in lawns and gardens thanks to a longer season of high temperatures.

A freeze warning has been issued for the Lansing and Jackson areas, with temperatures expected to drop below freezing ...