Transform your tiny balcony into a colourful garden with these five compact flowers. Easy-to-grow options for small spaces include petunias, pansies, marigolds, begonias, and verbena.

SEASONAL flowers are beautiful, but perennial plants provide infinite colour and joy. Pansies are considered a short-lived perennial, meaning they can survive for more than one growing season. They… ...

Interior designer and socialite Nicky Haslam has named the one garden item he considers truly tacky - and it's not your plant ...

Summer has officially arrived along with its heat and humidity. Exercise care as you do life day in and day out to minimize heat issues to your health.

The common name daisy is derived from the Old English term "dægesege," which translates to "day's eye," or "eye of the day." ...

Slugs and snails are the bane of many a gardener's life, decimating plants especially seedlings or those with soft leaves. But there are plenty of plants that will repel these garden pests - and they' ...

The author notes that hydrangeas, which are perennial everywhere, are noted for being pink or red growing in alkaline soil ...

Planting Edmonds is a monthly column written by and for local gardeners. For as long as I can remember, I have been wandering through gardens. My earliest memories are ...

We know pansies and violas are great flowering plants in autumn, but what about winter flowers? Thankfully, there are lots of flowering winter plants to choose from. In fact, now’s the time when some ...