You read about all sorts of plant enthusiasts claiming certain flowers are the Queen of Flowers. But for the vase, for color, for butterflies and for ease of growing, there is much to be said for the ...

Zesty zinnias (Zinnia elegans) are a Louisiana Super Plant for spring 2024. Zinnias are beloved flowers for the garden for their bright, cheerful colors and large flower heads on tall, single stalks.

Zinnias are fast-growing, warm-season annual flowers that bloom with abandon, requiring only minimal care. These flowers come in bold, hot-palette colors, with new ones introduced yearly, including ...

"He loves me. He loves me not." This is a game that could be played with any flower, but it is particularly popular using daisies. One petal at a time is plucked off, with the last remaining petal as ...

One of the most colorful clusters of flowers in your garden could be your zinnias. Not only are they bright and beautiful, they're an easy flower for beginning gardeners to cultivate. Once they begin ...

Carmine is not a word I grew up with describing color. By definition, it is a vivid crimson. The QIS Carmine gomphrena is a prime example. If you were partnering up a color, an intense yellow gold ...

Cutting gardens, pollinator plantings and butterfly and hummingbird attracters are all the rage in the gardening world these days, and thanks to new and improved selections of the old-time annual, the ...

The heat is on, and full humidity will be with us soon. What is a gardener to do? Hopefully, this is a time you have been preparing for. The good news, which always surprises me, is that many plants ...

Carmine is not a word I grew up with in describing color. It is a vivid crimson, and the QIS Carmine gomphrena is a prime example. If you were partnering a color, an intense yellow gold would be ...