While most gardeners start seeds in spring, winter sowing can allow you to plant vegetable, herb, and flower seeds a whole lot earlier. Not only does winter sowing extend the growing season and ...

The dreams of a wildflower garden is something so many of us would yearn for. But most of us have never tried to plant (sow) ...

NEILS LUNCEFORDAutumn – not spring – is the best time to sow wildflower seed.By spreading your seed in the autumn, you allow them to remain cold and dormant through the winter – a process some seed ...

The price of wildflower seed being what it is, it takes a real leap of faith to walk out and scatter a pound of seed costing the equivalent of a meal (including wine and dessert) at any of the finest ...

If the dry weather continues, the spring wildflowers won't be much of a show. But you can intervene and plant some seed. The key to a good wildflower crop includes several factors, the first of which ...

Wildflowers are among Nature's greatest gifts, and yet they can be the most difficult plants to grow in gardens. The problem is that we aren't observing nature. We try to impose our own ideas of when ...

If you're dreaming of a wildflower meadow around your house in spring, between now and the end of November is the time to plant seeds. Plant vegetable seeds for fall harvest. Green beans, summer ...

IN NO INSTANCE is the California gardener more richly rewarded than with the autumn planting of wildflower seeds. Buy them now, sow them between Halloween and Christmas, and spring will be marked by a ...

If you want some fast-growing flowers to add bright color and interest to flower borders this summer, it is not too late. June is an excellent time to sow lots of annual flower seeds that can ...

Q. I love California golden poppies, but I have no luck in growing them. A friend suggested that I was planting them at the wrong time of year (spring). When is the best time, and do you have any ...