This has been one tough growing year for those of us working in the OPC Stone House Garden in Rochester. Cold and then heat and drought have dogged us all spring, and according to weather ...

Last fall, we moved a bunch of small shrubs in the OPC display garden to make room for a rock garden that will be installed next spring. There is a lot of empty space around them, so I plan to grow ...

Dreaming of a garden that looks lush and colorful without months of waiting? Fast-growing flowers can quickly fill your yard ...

It can be incredibly easy to accidentally plant the wrong flowers together in the same flower bed, especially if you love to collect classic garden blooms. But there is one particular flower that ...

Zesty zinnias (Zinnia elegans) are a Louisiana Super Plant for spring 2024. Zinnias are beloved flowers for the garden for their bright, cheerful colors and large flower heads on tall, single stalks.

There is nothing that will stop traffic like a large bed of Dreamland zinnias. If you have not tried Dreamland or the competing Magellan zinnias then you are missing some of the finest zinnias for the ...

Maintain a prolific garden all season with this simple step. One of the brightest stars of the summer garden, zinnia flowers offer show-stopping beauty in a rainbow of vibrant colors. While zinnias ...

Perhaps zinnias are the flower we need most in 2020. One word comes up over and over for gardeners who grow this classic annual. “They’re a happy flower,” says Deborah Stover. Zinnias come in a ...

You may have noticed that some of the bedding plants you added in the spring look tired and played out now (petunias often falter in the heat of midsummer). Perhaps insects or diseases have caused ...

One of the brightest stars of the summer garden, zinnia flowers offer show-stopping beauty in a rainbow of vibrant colors. While zinnias are low-maintenance annuals that take care of themselves for ...