Spring-Planted How To
How to Overwinter Dahlias
Tips and Techniques for Storing Dahlia Tubers Indoors Dahlias are at their best in late summer and fall, when the plants are mature and pumping out...
How to Grow Summer Bulbs in Containers
Decorate Your Porch and Patio With Colorful Blooms Dahlias, cannas, tuberous begonias, elephant ears, caladiums and other summer-blooming bulbs are...
How to Grow Dinnerplate Dahlias
The Largest Flowers of Summer Dahlias never fail to impress. These flower-producing machines start blooming in midsummer, hit their stride in early...
How to Grow Border Dahlias
Dahlias for Containers and Small Spaces Few plants can compete with the flowering power of dahlias. These easy-to-grow, heat-loving summer bulbs bl...
How to Start Tuberous Begonias Indoors
An Earlier Start for Earlier Blooms Tuberous begonias light up shady patios, porches and gardens with their big, brilliantly colored flowers. These...
How to Keep Container Plants Looking Their Best
6 Tips for Great-Looking Containers Do the pots and planters around your home look as good in September as they did in June? They can -- and they s...
Planning for Spring-Planted Bulbs
When and Where to Plant Summer Bulbs Every yard and garden can benefit from the beauty of spring-planted, summer-blooming bulbs. Wonderful on their...
Tips for Growing Caladiums in Zones 5-7
Growing Caladiums in Cold Climates If you garden in the northern half of the U.S., you may think caladiums are only suitable for southern gardens. ...
How to Pinch and Stake Dahlias
Easy Ways to Increase Flower Production Dahlias are attractive plants, but growing them is really all about the flowers! Here are two techniques to...
8 Tips for Growing Better Lilies
Everything You Need to Know for Great Results Lilies have an elegance few other flowers can rival. With such big, exotic-looking blossoms, it seems...
Dahlia Tubers: What You Need to Know
Dahlia Tubers Demystified Dahlias grow differently than most of the other flowers in your garden. They are not bulbs. Nor do they behave like annua...
How Dahlias are Propagated
Learn About Clumps, Tubers and Cuttings Dahlia tubers are readily available and relatively inexpensive, so you may be surprised to learn how they a...
How to Control Red Lily Leaf Beetles
Protecting Your Lilies from Pest Damage The red lily leaf beetle (Lilioceris lilii) is a destructive pest that feeds almost exclusively on true lil...
How to Plant Tuberous Begonias: Which End Is Up?
Learning to Know Your Way Around a Begonia Tuber A single begonia tuber can produce an astonishing number of flowers. The key to getting a big plan...
8 Tips for Growing Better Dahlias
How to Get the Most From These Summer-Blooming Bulbs There is nothing difficult about growing dahlias. They require very little and deliver month...
