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 ...

Instant gratification is not something generally associated with gardening. You must maintain some amount of chill and patience to plant seeds, nurture them, and wait for their little buds to form.

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, ...

Whether you should let your herbs flower depends on the type of herbs you have and what you want to do with them. If you primarily harvest your herbs to use their flavorful leaves for cooking, you’ll ...

If the thought of feasting on flowers makes you feel a bit standoffish, then here's food for thought: You may already be eating flowers without realizing it. If your diet includes broccoli, ...

With summer in full swing, it's time for gardeners up and down the country to start collecting the literal fruits of their labour. But what if we told you that you can reap more than you sowed? Beyond ...