As more people turn to gardening as a hobby or to grow their own food, they’ve also discovered the rewards of growing plants from seed. It’s easy to become addicted to watching life sprout from a tiny seed that you’ve nurtured yourself. Starting seeds indoors allows you to get a hea...
knowing how many of each you have helps you lay out a design with the various colors and sizes. While poppies are simple to grow from seed indoors, they do not transplant
Here’s how to sow seeds and what that means exactly. Get your garden started with this handy guide.
How to Grow Peonies From Seed Plant ripen seeds as soon as they are available—If using dry seeds, plant in the autumn. Plant seeds a half inch below the top of the soil outdoors in an area that receives at least six hours of sunlight daily. You can also start seeds indoors. Make ...
Bachelor’s buttons are hardy in cool weather, so you don’t need to start the seeds indoors. Bachelor’s buttons don’t take well to transplanting anyway, so just seed directly into the ground when you plant. If you live in one of the warmer zones, where the ground doesn’t freeze,...
you haveseveral vegetable and flower plantsto choose from that will germinate in a week or less. Although you will at least see the first true leaves, called cotyledons, within seven days, the plant will take longer to flower or mature. Whatever seed you decide to grow quickly, read the ...
The practice ofdeadheading is important, as they will go dormant much earlier if you allow them to go to seed. This is the most high-maintenance part of growing these flowers. Fortunately, deadheading yields more floral stems to bring indoors for vases and arrangements, which is one of the ...
This drought-tolerant flowering perennial adds flair to your garden. By Nadia Hassani Nadia Hassani Nadia Hassani is a gardening and food writer with more than two decades of hands-on gardening experience in vegetable and fruit gardening, landscaping with native plants, and garden design. ...
Many old-fashionedannualsgrow quite well from seeds collected and stored at home. Zinnias, sunflowers, cosmos, marigolds, California poppies, impatiens, petunias, cleome, snapdragons,nigella, and calendula are among the easiest seeds to harvest and replant in the spring. They’ll bloom as usual...