A: You can sow gerberas in pots now. Lightly cover the seed. Germination occurs in 10 to 14 days. You can transplant to larger pots or a compost-enriched garden bed in 6 or so weeks. Morning sun is ...

Whether you want to grow flowers to cultivate a beautiful yard or to create a wildlife wonderland full of bees and butterflies, the expense of purchasing nursery-grown plants adds up quickly. Luckily, ...

Q: I'm hoping you can identify something for me. Last weekend, we visited the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, and I saw a small, white daisy-like flowering groundcover used on the front lawn.

February is the month when indoor seed-starting takes center stage in the Northern gardening world. It’s when eager gardeners get busy starting their cool-season plants, such as cabbage, broccoli, ...

Each small yellow and black flower resembles a bumblebee. They bloom in big clusters atop branching stems to about 3 feet tall. They provide a golden glow in the garden. Almost everybody can grow the ...