With the wide variety of plants currently available, whether vegetables, herbs or flowers, it is time to prepare pots for planting. Selecting the right container is important. The container should ...

Containers for starting seedlings can be drinking cups, cottage cheese and yogurt containers as well as commercial plant trays and coir fiber pots. Use a fine texture soil mix for your starter soil.

Before planting anything in a garden, the soil should be tested. This provides information about soil pH and plant nutrient levels in the soil and allows a gardener to know ...

Getting started with container gardening? Here are 10 essential tips for growing beautiful and successful container gardens.

Q. Last year I made a small attempt at growing mainly vegetables and a few flowers in containers. I still have questions: ...

Get a jumpstart on the gardening season by starting seeds indoors. If you've never grown anything from seed, it's easy to write the idea off as difficult or labor-intensive, but that couldn't be ...

Gardeners in Eastern North Carolina typically see their last frost between late March and mid-April. While many areas, including Goldsboro and Wayne County, are often safe to plant by early April, ...

Roses are a beautiful addition to any garden, whether you cut and display them in vases or leave them blooming outdoors. There is a lot that goes into taking care of roses, from following the best ...

Q. I consider myself a back porch gardener. The porch is quite large, facing a southwest direction. This summer, due to lack of rain, I would spend five minutes a day watering the buckets. The two ...

It won't be long until we can invite family and friends over for this year's first garden party. So it's time to start thinking about patio and garden appointments, such as plant containers. Virtually ...

Lantanas are ever-popular plants for pollinator gardens. Hummingbirds particularly love the colors of this cultivar's blooms, ...