Do You Need To Fertilize Petunias? Most garden experts agree that petunias are considered “heavy feeders.” Since these plants grow quite quickly, the availability of nutrients in the soil is paramount ...

A garden has multiple hanging baskets with plants trailing from them. - Francesca Leslie/Shutterstock If you have hanging baskets or a container garden, few things are more perfect than trailing ...

If your patio gets full sun (about six hours of direct exposure), it might be difficult to keep potted flowers from drying out or getting scorched in the heat. Luckily, there are plenty of colorful ...

This is the Garden Guy column by Norman Winter, a horticulturist and the former director of the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens. There is a plant panic of sorts going on and it is just now May. We ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Georgia O’Keeffe started painting big pictures of flower close-ups in 1924, when she was living at Lake George in the Adirondack region ...

Petunias are one of the easiest flowers to grow for season-long color. They’re versatile annuals, available in a variety of colors ranging from pure white to hot pink and everything in between ...

You could park a small car in the space currently being taken up in my garage by potting mix. If the choice is a roof over my vehicle or 20 cubic feet of fresh, fluffy soil-less dirt, well, do you ...

Overwintering perennials lets you replant them in the spring. Some plants are easy, while others require more work than they're worth or are easy to buy again.

I broke with tradition this year and did not praise the best and brightest of the new petunias. However, I am still in awe of how well today’s petunias, especially my favorite Wave petunias, perform ...

When it comes to smelling pretty, petunias are pretty pushy. Instead of just letting scent compounds waft into the air, the plants use a particular molecule called a transporter protein to help move ...

KETCHUM, Idaho — Petunias have long been a favorite for gardens and hanging baskets due to their bountiful blooms and vibrant colors. But thanks to biotechnology, a new variety stands out — especially ...