It’s commonly recommended that sunflowers should always be direct-sown. While you do get taller, stronger plants from directly sowing sunflowers, you can start them indoors and transplant them outside later. The main benefits of starting sunflowers indoors is to get a slight head start on the growing season and to avoid pests from eating your … Read more
Hydrangeas are renowned for being relatively low maintenance, and having the ability to fill out garden spaces with vibrant blues, pinks, reds, and purples, as well as pearly whites. So, when your hydrangeas start changing color, or even worse, fading, it’s easy to think there’s something wrong with your plant. The bad news is that … Read more
The more you garden, the more perceptive you are about pests on your plants. Anything that doesn’t look like a bee or a spider is a suspect. So when you see ants crawling on your pepper plants, it’s natural to be concerned. But are ants on your pepper plants always a bad sign? Fortunately, ants … Read more
Sunflowers come in different sizes and colors, but a lot of people first get interested in growing sunflowers to have a massive flower towering over them. If you’ve planted sunflowers that started flower before they were barely taller than you, there are several possible reasons, including damaged roots during transplanting, an early cold snap, or … Read more
Sunflowers are a favorite in the garden both for their beauty and the harvest of delicious, nutritious seeds. So, it can be disappointing to find some (or a lot) of your seeds are actually empty inside. Poor seed filling (= the development and growth of the seed inside the shell) is not just a problem … Read more
Hydrangeas are one of the most popular flowers among gardeners for their bushy growth habit and perennial blooms. But where hydrangeas really shine is in flower arrangements. They come in many shades, from wedding-bouquet-white to bright sky blue to stunningly vivid, almost burgundy, deep pink. Below are seven of the best examples of hydrangea varieties … Read more