Planting flowers that self-seed is a wonderful way to ensure you'll have blooms each growing season with minimal work on your end. Before they die, these plants drop seeds in your garden that will ...

Every gardener loves plants that are easy to grow. What’s even better? Flowers that plant themselves! Many flowers drop seeds that remain viable through the winter, then pop up the next growing season ...

Creating a lush flower garden year after year can be a challenge. Some beautiful annuals are sterile, which can leave you starting from scratch every year. Opting for perennials and self-seeding ...

If you’re looking for some hard-working plants in the garden, self-seeding flowers may be just what you’re looking for. These smart little blooms set seed and re-sow themselves, making for the perfect ...

Scabiosa or pin cushion flower, as they are often more fondly known, are exquisitely romantic flowers to sow in January. They ...

Garden designs are prone to trends as much as interior designs. You shouldn't feel like you have to follow the latest trends, but they can be a fun way to discover new plants and add interest to your ...

Last week I wrote about keeping gardens small and simple if you are a newbie to gardening. Another recommendation, also for experienced gardeners, is experimenting with self-seeding plants.

Annual flowers at $6 a pop? Grandma’s flower budget was a far cry from that because she planted most of her flowers each spring by scattering seeds over the garden beds – or letting the seeds come up ...

It's time to direct sow the last of your summer vegetables and flowers, while starting perennials and succession crops inside. June is a cusp month in gardening: All the seedlings you’ve nurtured all ...

Flowers pollinated by honeybees make fewer and lower-quality seeds than flowers visited by other pollinators. That could be because honeybees spend more time buzzing between flowers of the same plant ...