Want to add some instant color to your garden? Or do a fun Mother’s Day project? Landscape designer and Home & Gardens columnist Marcia Westcott Peck shows us how to put together an annual garden pot ...

Have you ever gone to the grocery store for, say, milk, and left with a cartful of impulse buys? Well, I visited a couple of nurseries last week in search of one specific plant and left with nearly ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Planting summer-blooming annual flowers in containers is a great way to spruce up your porch, patio, or garden with season-long color. Many ...

Containers make gardening possible for any size home. On The Saturday Early Show, gardening expert P. Allen Smith showed us how to plant roses in containers and how to complement roses with companion ...

The word is out — container gardening is for both novice and experienced gardeners alike. It’s the perfect way to experiment with plants, delve into edibles, and exercise creativity. No longer limited ...

Be sure a feed your container plantings with two types of fertilizer to ensure your plants make it till fall. (Veronica Lorson Fowler) Buy Photo I visited my sister in Amish-country in Pennsylvania in ...

URBANA — Experienced container gardeners likely know that successful containers have good drainage, appropriate sun exposure, and proper potting media. Get a jump on new annual arrivals each year, ...

The plant: From Australia to Arizona, bacopa has become a darling among container plant gardeners. This standout annual evergreen plant decorates pots with a living carpet of trailing stems bearing a ...

Q: I want to plant some flowers around my home but I don’t have very good soil. What can I do to make sure I have beautiful plants all summer? A: It is the time of year that we want to get vegetables ...

Whether you have limited room for a garden or simply don’t want to do that much, there’s an option these days that works for everyone: container gardens. Container gardens are the one-pot wonders of ...

When spring arrives, garden chores seem a little more fun than they did in the fall. The weather grows warmer, flowers start blooming, and the gardening season officially begins. One of my favorite ...

Tom Oder is a writer, editor, and communication expert who specializes in sustainability and the environment with a sweet spot for urban agriculture. Maxed out on marigolds? Put out with petunias?