How to Identify Periwinkle Flowers Periwinkle flowers (botanic name Vinca minor) grow as a ground cover in Zones 4 to 9.

"The summer annual garden-ready plugs arrive with me at this time of year, and I start to plant them into the pots, beds and ...

First of all, annuals are expendable – if you don’t like a certain plant, it’s easy enough to eliminate. Second, they are inexpensive. Third, they’re easy to propagate. Adding them to the perennial ...

Impatiens are ideal in garden beds, planters, window boxes, and hanging baskets. According to Hancock, zinnias are old-school annual flowers that are making a comeback. Offered in a wide range of ...

Impatiens don’t require deadheading ... While not great for containers, they perform admirably in good garden beds, offering sweetly scented flowers all summer long. Some top out at 4 or ...

Usually we think of shade as the kiss of death for a flower garden. This isn't really true. Here are quite a few options for blooming plants that are often forgotten just because they are sun-lovers.