Generally speaking, April is the month to start sowing these late summer flowers; however, with the changeable weather – one ...

Sunflowers can also be considered a “trap crop," meaning they may lure unwanted insects away from your vegetable crops.

Hot peppers are often used in Mexican, Korean, and Indian cuisine, adding a kick to many favorite dishes. Growing hot peppers is a great way to add spiciness to your menu and color to your garden. If ...

When you put so much love and energy into your vegetable garden, you want to do everything possible to ensure that the plants ...

Texas has eight plant hardiness zones, ranging from the cold-hardy northwestern Panhandle to the warmer southern regions.

For example, pollen-free sunflowers – the “Procut” series – have been bred to have sterile male parts in their flowers that ...

and rodents thrive on healthy native plant populations, which, in turn, support native animal species. Common wildflowers like bluebonnets, cosmos, blanket flower, coreopsis, primrose, sunflowers ...

montanoa (Mexican sunflower) and inkberry; syringa is turned into garden benches, trellises and borders, and all of them ...

Ornamental sunflower breeding has been driven by demand for cut flowers, quick-growing multi-stemmed border plants and potted plants. However, children prize this breeding much less than height.