Like most gardeners, I have favorite plants I’ve been growing for years and will continue to grow, like fragrant and tasty Big Boy tomatoes, wide Romano-type Italian flat beans, climbing zucchini and ...

For 2025, 20 plants — seven edible and 13 ornamental — have been named national or regional winners.

Martha knows a thing or two about flowers and finding the best of the best seeds to grow in her garden. In a recent blog post ...

Rohrer Seeds has sent seed catalogs from its Smoketown headquarters for more than a century. The 2025 catalog has cover crops like clover plus onion sets and corn, all similar to the ones sold long ...

Believe it or not, it’s already time to plant vegetables like onions, leeks, and celery, as well as a variety of flowers.

A research team led by Prof. Huang Zhenying from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has discovered a remarkable survival strategy—a unique seed dormancy cycling mechanism ...

Like most gardeners, I have favorite plants I’ve been growing for years and will continue to grow, like fragrant and tasty Big Boy tomatoes, wide Romano-type Italian flat beans, climbing zucchini and ...

Murasaki translates to “purple” in Japanese. So, yes, this long-stemmed cauliflower has bright purple florets, as well as ...

A new study has revealed the pivotal role of theanine, a unique amino acid, in the early growth and development of tea ...

Plant breeders are never content with the status quo. That’s why they’re always working to come up with plants with superior features like larger, more colorful flowers or disease-resistant foliage.

SAUK COUNTY GARDENER Jeannie Manis Sauk County Master Gardeners Association “A garden in the winter is the absolute test of ...

If you’re in doubt or experiencing poor germination, test a few of the seeds (10 is a good number) by wrapping them in a ...