In the crunch of fall chores and yard cleanup, you’ll have to carve out some time to tend to your garden perennials, too. It’s important to cut back foliage in the fall to protect flowering plants ...

Asters are gorgeous members of the daisy family that light up the autumn landscape with their white, purple, or blue blooms, and they provide an excellent source of food for wildlife. If you cut back ...

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Flower farmer Sarah Raven's new book covers all the bases, from choosing the most productive plants to the color palettes to ...

Cutting gardens are trendy again as a new generation embraces the idea of growing free bouquets. If you’re thinking of giving the style a try this growing season, the National Garden Bureau offers ...

Dahlias, amaranth, and mint make a lovely bouquet together. Grow the best flowers for cutting gardens with these floral superstars, including the best perennials for cut flowers. Growing flowers to ...

Tulips flopping in May? Learn the timely cutback that stops bulb blindness and sets up bigger, brighter blooms across UK ...

There are no hard and fast rules for when to deadhead petunias, as timing is based on the plant’s individual bloom cycles.

After the blooms on your moth orchid (Phalaenopsis) have shriveled and fallen off the plant, you're left with a long, bare green stem (technically called a spike). Should you cut it off or leave it be ...

Do you know what a secateur is? I encountered the word a few years ago in a magazine featuring Martha Stewart, who was describing the fine points of the secateur she was marketing. A secateur is ...