Whether your tomato plants need a trap crop, a pollinator-magnet, or just a flower that grows well beside them, our list of ...

Attracting butterflies to your yard, window box, or garden is a plus not only for their beauty but their pollinating skills.

Sunflower sea stars clinging to life in BC’s cold-water fjords are officially on the edge of extinction, a scientific ...

Enjoy fresh blooms both in the garden and indoors in a vase, by building your own cutting garden. These seven flower species are ideal for growing, cutting, and home display.

These plants are also very easy to grow in warmer ... so you don’t need to fuss about with fertilizers. Mexican sunflowers should be planted in full sun, in well-draining soil, and should ...

However, sunflowers don’t play nicely with all edible and ornamental plants, and they can inhibit the growth of some crops by releasing allelopathic compounds into the soil. Choosing the right ...

May always arrives with a huge golden burst of the magnificent Mexican sunflowers ... and compete against our equally gorgeous indigenous plants, they really need elimination.

A key reason may come as a surprise to some — Mexican imports. When the United States lifted ... close to what will eventually be his rebuilt home, because the dried-out leaves that help nourish the ...

Heat-tolerant plants like zinnias, sunflowers, King’s Mantle, Crinums, and perennial salvias thrive in high temperatures. Torenia (Wishbone Flower), sweet alyssum, Euphorbia ‘Diamond Frost,’ and ...

Heat-tolerant plants like zinnias ... Euphorbia ‘Diamond Frost,’ and Mexican Sunflower are also good choices for hot weather. Gardeners should take precautions against heat exhaustion by ...