Whoever said “hope springs eternal in the human breast” must have been talking about the mail-order plant business. On dreary winter days we all love browsing through mail order plant and seed ...

It was some years ago. A birthday present to myself. A four-season plant, the variegated-leaved Abutilon pictum 'Thompsonii,' destined to grow into a lush flowering shrub. A focal point for a spot on ...

To get a larger plant selection conveniently sent to your home, there is an online market of bulbs, seeds and plants. But how do you know you are ordering quality plants? For people who love plants, ...

It’s always fun when garden catalogs arrive in the mail. Mine generally start to arrive in December and continue through February. In the evening when things slow down, you will find me drooling over ...

April is one of the best months to plant most new plants, i.e. trees, shrubs, roses, evergreens, and perennial flowers. These are all showing up now in garden centers and being shipped out by ...

Thomas Jefferson's vegetable garden at Monticello, near Charlottesville, Va. Jefferson grew bullnose sweet peppers in his garden in the 1700s. Don Boekelheide recently ordered bullnose peppers ...