Growing Flowers

Learn all about growing flowers. Grow beautiful annuals and perennials with expert insight from our flower gardening articles. We cover the basics plus advanced gardening tips and landscaping ideas to transform your yard into a backyard paradise. Learn to grow roses, irises, peonies, day lilies, native perennials, and flowers to attract butterflies and pollinators.

An assassin bug, blending into the roadway

Assassin Bugs – Scary Looking, But Beneficial Insects

We meet the strangest neighbors while walking the dog. This assassin bug was strolling across the pavement on a hot summer’s evening when we walked our dog. At first, I thought it was a wolf spider, but the leg arrangement, plus the narrower body, made me decide to snap a picture and use Google Lens…

A close up of American burnweed flowers about to bloom.

American Burnweed, the Weed That Signals Fall Is Here

I was walking my dog along the wood’s edge right near where we cleared land to build our greenhouse when I did a double take. There, like Jack’s magical beanstalk, had grown overnight this gem: American burnweed. Also known as fireweed or American burn weed, it grows rapidly – and I mean, rapidly. Like I…

What Can You Make with Summer Squash?

It’s that time of year when everyon asks, “What can I make with summer squash?”. The time when neighbors sneak bags of summer squash onto porches. When farmer’s markets are brimming with yellow and green squash, zucchini, and all manner of Cucurbitaceae, the plant family that gives, and gives, until it can’t give anymore. If…

Growing Marshmallow Plant

Growing marshmallow plant has been on my gardening to-do list for quite some time. I’ve read about it in herbal books and grown its cousins in the Malvaceae family from seed. The dark purple mallow plant I have thrives in my little garden by the shed, so I thought, “Why not grow marshmallow there?” I…

Easy Landscaping Ideas for a Hill or Slope

Chrysanthemum Shows

Winter Geranium Care

Sunflower Facts and Fun

Dream Away the Winter Blue with the David Austin 2018 Rose Handbook

Double Flowering Tulips Add Incredible Beauty

Identifying Wildflowers

Growing Dahlias

Growing Old Fashioned Four O’Clocks, Heirloom Flowers

Garden Travel: A Visit to Deb’s Daylilies and the Daylily Festival

New David Austin English Roses for 2017: Ready for Their Close-ups in Dual Garden Roles

The Garden Update: What’s Blooming at Home Garden Joy

Are Tulips Annuals or Perennials?

Perennial Salvia Plant Profile

Crepe Myrtle Care

Assassin Bugs – Scary Looking, But Beneficial Insects

American Burnweed, the Weed That Signals Fall Is Here

What Can You Make with Summer Squash?

Growing Marshmallow Plant

Growing Flowers

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