I've spent several years living in the wide-open spaces of Wyoming, and as an avid hiker, I enjoy the natural wonders that flourish in our windswept landscapes. Among them are the myriad ...

A successful vegetable garden should not only contain vegetables. It should be a diverse planting scheme, or polyculture, that also includes herbs and a range of flowers. In an organic garden, ...

Grow flame-orange California poppy flowers to light up your garden. These flowers will love the sunniest spots in your yard.

In the spring, beautiful beds of pansies, violas, petunias, dianthus, snapdragons and other cool-season bedding plants are blooming in flower gardens. The peak blooming season for these plants is ...

To a new gardener, the idea of self-seeding plants may sound brilliant -- especially for plants that give an annual pop of color. Self-seeding flowers do what the name suggests; they drop seeds after ...

Submitted photo A group of gardeners plants flower bulbs this month. Planting flower bulbs in November gives them plenty of time to take root throughout winter and be ready for spring. If the spring ...

While hostas can be planted in any season, planting hostas in spring or fall gives them time to establish roots. Here's how ...

North Carolina has the perfect climate for planting flowers. Are you planning to make your very own beautiful spring garden? Read more and discover which buds to start planting this season. Did you ...