While most gardeners start seeds in spring, winter sowing can allow you to plant vegetable, herb, and flower seeds a whole lot earlier. Not only does winter sowing extend the growing season and ...

NEILS LUNCEFORDAutumn – not spring – is the best time to sow wildflower seed.By spreading your seed in the autumn, you allow them to remain cold and dormant through the winter – a process some seed ...

Now is the time to start thinking about planting wildflower seeds, said Chattanooga resident Katherine Rowe, a landscaping expert. Rowe, who founded 505, a landscape design company, has developed a ...

Wildflowers are among Nature's greatest gifts, and yet they can be the most difficult plants to grow in gardens. The problem is that we aren't observing nature. We try to impose our own ideas of when ...

If the dry weather continues, the spring wildflowers won't be much of a show. But you can intervene and plant some seed. The key to a good wildflower crop includes several factors, the first of which ...

Native wildflower seeds can be planted directly in the garden or they can be started inside and transplanted outdoors later on. But if you want wildflowers to reward you with lots of blooms, you’ll ...

If you dream of vibrant wildflower displays in spring, then now is the time to act. “Planting wildflowers is all about delayed gratification,” said Arnold. “You won’t see immediate results, but ...

IN NO INSTANCE is the California gardener more richly rewarded than with the autumn planting of wildflower seeds. Buy them now, sow them between Halloween and Christmas, and spring will be marked by a ...

Q. I love California golden poppies, but I have no luck in growing them. A friend suggested that I was planting them at the wrong time of year (spring). When is the best time, and do you have any ...