This past weekend I was in church and one of my pastor friends asked me an interesting question about mini roses. One of the characteristics of carnations is some of them look a lot like roses. He ...

Baby, it's cold outside! If you can brave the chill, though, and plant up some perennials in January, you can give your ...

References to the plant genus Dianthus go back as far as the Greek botanist Theophrastus. He named these plants from the Caryophyllaceae family “divine flower” (dios = divine plus anthos = flower).

February is the month when indoor seed-starting takes center stage in the Northern gardening world. It’s when eager gardeners get busy starting their cool-season plants, such as cabbage, broccoli, ...

Perennial plants can live for years, even decades, adding beauty to your garden with very little care. Flowering perennials typically produce blooms by the second year, though some will burst with ...

It's hard to say goodbye to your plants at the end of the fall season, especially if you are dreaming of planting a colorful garden for year-round color. You may have heard that fall is the best time ...