Planting dahlia seeds can be an exciting gardening adventure. Unlike planting dahlia tubers, when you plant dahlias from seed, you never know exactly what your plants will look like until they bloom. It’s fun to wait and see that first bloom, revealing what your home grown dahlia hybrid will actually look like. Dahlias are one…
How To Grow Celosia For The Cut Flower Garden
Celosia are colorful annual plants that make a great addition to the cut flower garden. Easy to grow from seed, celosia can be grown by even a beginner gardener just starting out. Learn how to grow celosia, and add this interesting flower to your garden and your vase. If you are considering growing celosia, rest…
Starting Zinnia Seeds Indoors For A Beautiful Summer Garden
Starting zinnia seeds indoors is a great way to get ahead of the gardening season, especially if you live in a colder climate. The key is to start the seeds early, before the last spring frost, yet not too early so that they don’t become tall and leggy before planting out. Giving your zinnia seeds…
Winter Sowing In Milk Jugs- A Complete Guide
Winter sowing in milk jugs is a simple, sustainable gardening technique that allows you to start seeds outdoors during the winter months. This method leverages the mini-greenhouse effect created inside clear or translucent milk jugs, providing a protected environment for seed germination and early growth. Once you start using this method for your hardy annual…
How To Harvest Zinnia Seeds: A Guide For Gardeners
Zinnias are beautiful flowers that are not only outstanding in the garden, but are also easy to grow and maintain. Harvesting zinnia seeds is a simple process that allows gardeners to save their seeds for the next season and beyond. Learn how to harvest zinnia seeds, so that you can perpetuate these colorful flowers in…
14 Best Cut And Come Again Flowers For The Cut Flower Garden
A cut flower garden is a garden designed to produce an abundance of fresh flowers for cutting. Some of the best choices for this type of garden are cut and come again flowers, known for their long-lasting blooms, and ability to repeatedly provide new stems after they are cut. In this post we’ll look at…
How To Harden Off Plants Before Transplanting
Gardening enthusiasts often dedicate a significant amount of time and effort nurturing their plants, ensuring that they grow healthy and strong. One critical step in the process of transitioning plants from indoors to outdoors, or from a greenhouse to the open garden, is known as hardening off. Learn how to harden off plants, to prepare…
How To Stratify Seeds: Techniques For Successful Germination
Seed stratification is a preparatory process, which some seeds must experience before germination. Many species of plants, especially those native to temperate or cooler climates, produce seeds with dormancy mechanisms which prevent germination unless the conditions are right. Learn how to stratify seeds, to achieve successful germination of those dormant and hard to sprout seeds….
How To Grow Chocolate Lace Flower – Planting And Care
Are you looking for an elegant addition to your flower garden? Look no further than chocolate lace flower, also known as Dara flower, with it’s uniquely colored chocolate lacy blooms. Learn how to grow chocolate lace flower, and add this beautiful and unusual flower to your flower garden. I’ve grown chocolate lace flower in the…
How Late Can You Plant Allium Bulbs?
Fall can be a busy time in the gardening world, and sometimes bulb planting gets delayed. Or sometimes we pick up some late season allium bulbs at the garden centre that need to be planted into the ground. If that’s the case, you may be wondering how late you can actually plant the allium bulbs,…