There are a lot of gardening opportunities in the autumn in our area. One of the easiest and most interesting is to plant wildflower seeds for spring blooms. Start by identifying a portion of your ...

Fill your garden with wildflowers using tips on selecting seeds, planting, and care—plus how to scatter seeds naturally. Growing wildflowers is an excellent way to welcome wildlife, such as ...

We have spent quite a bit of time in this column the past several weeks discussing weed control with pre-emergent herbicides. The weeds we are trying to prevent reproduce from seed that is in place in ...

Wildflower seed mixes are an alluring concept. Pictures often depict flowers in a variety of colors and shapes blooming all at once. Before you plant a wildflower mix, here are things to consider. Not ...

The National Audubon Society’s “Wildflowers of North America” (Knopf, 2023) is a tour de force in the realm of plant guides. Full-page profiles of more than 850 species are included, each of which ...

Prep your garden for spring by getting some wildflower seeds in the ground this fall. Shop for wildflowers to plant in fall here. “Fall is actually a great time to plant wildflower seeds as it follows ...

For a small planting, mix the wildflower seeds with sand or sandy soil and broadcast evenly over the area by hand. Provide good seed contact with the soil, if practical, by pressing the seed into the ...

Some wildflowers are blooming now, including Salvia coccinea, violet ruellia, and frogfruit, but fall also is the time to plant wildflower seeds to bloom in the spring. Salvia coccinea, also called ...

The unrelenting sun often forces us indoors at summer’s end, seeking refuge from oppressive heat. Thankfully, the recent rain and break in temperatures has us thinking about the garden again. In ...

There is still time to plant vegetable transplants including broccoli, cabbage, kale, Swiss Chard, mustard greens, ...