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 ...

When the thermometer goes up in summer, some plants will sulk and slow down. But there are several heat-tolerant annuals that thrive in warm temperatures. Here are the best choices to fill containers ...

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, ...

Searing summer heat. Minuscule annual rainfall. Nearly nonexistent humidity. Arid soil that’s more like cement than dirt in many places. No wonder that even the most experienced local gardeners ...

Even if you’ve got a beautifully designed garden, there are plenty of reasons to add plants in containers to your home. You can decorate a front porch or backyard patio with boxes or pots of flowers.

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Fall container planting can be a fun and creative time for gardeners. It allows us to not only reuse what we already have, but also incorporate new plants and materials, which ...