Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Also known as pot ...

When you walk into a nursery or garden center this time of the year, it’s exhilarating — you look around at all of the flowers and feel that the possibilities are limitless. Visions of flowerbeds ...

Choose fast-growing roses if you want to cover a trellis near a patio for privacy or create a waterfall of blooms over a rock ...

This is the time of year when pansies, violas, snapdragons, dianthus, petunias and many other cool-season bedding plants really shine. You may admire beds filled with these plants, but, unfortunately, ...

As the heat of summer sets in, many plants take a break from flowering, but these stellar selections continue to bloom all season long. From annual bedding plants that just won’t quit, to reblooming ...

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Grass can be lovely in your lawn, but when it gets into planting beds, it’s a weed—competing for space and nutrients with your flowers. While you can treat those trespassing grass blades with a ...

Student employees even out the soil in the flowerbeds by the library entrance. BYU gardeners picked and prepared the new bulbs and bedding. (Melissa Een) The BYU groundskeepers uprooted the annual ...