Summertime brings simple enjoyments: fresh blueberry pancakes, popsicles on the patio, and bright flowers and plants dotting ...

These colorful hanging basket flowers brighten porches and patios, with easy-to-grow options for full sun, shade, heat, and ...

If you're looking for cheery, colorful annuals with a reputation for being quick and easy to grow for beginner gardeners, look no further than cosmos flowers (Cosmos spp.) In fact, the standard ...

Many gardeners and homeowners decorate their porches and patios with pots full of plants in summer, but springtime offers an opportunity to welcome the new season with container plantings created ...

Do you cultivate a gorgeous container garden on a patio or balcony? If you have room for a vine, consider this easy-to-grow, ...

It starts in your own backyard (or the tiny container garden on your balcony): “You can put a single bloom in a flower vase, and that is often enough.” By Tim McKeough What’s the easiest way to make ...

Question: I want to get started early with my container flower plantings, but the weather has been so cold that I’m worried about possible frost damage. Also, what can I do to keep my containers from ...

These warm-weather favourites will brighten up your garden ...

In this day and age, outdoor space is more precious than ever. If you’re lucky enough to have a backyard, patio or balcony, not only can you beautify it with chic weather-resistant furniture or art, ...

There is no reason why our winter gardens should be drab and colourless. Nature provides us with an abundance of colourful winter and spring flowers. Poppies, snapdragons, Namaqualand daisies, pansies ...