Zinnias bloom continuously all summer—and pollinators can’t resist them. Here, how to plant and grow zinnias like an expert ...

Zinnias are my favorite annual summer flowers, and I say this for four reasons: • They are as colorful as a kaliedoscopic rainbow. • Their many petaled blooms, like those ruffled collars seen on ...

Container gardening has been practiced for generations, but changing lifestyles have stimulated dramatic new interest in the idea. For one thing, it is solving the problems of the increasing number of ...

Question: I would like to add a few container gardens to my landscape. What flowers do well during the rest of the summer? Answer: Setting container plantings where you need the color creates great ...

Growing colorful flowers and even some vegetables in pots, tubs or hanging baskets is nothing new, but changing lifestyles have stimulated new interest in the idea. Whether you have a spacious garden ...

For decades, zinnias have been the flowering annual of choice for spreading glorious colors throughout the garden as well as for cutting to bring indoors. It wasn’t always so. When the Spanish first ...

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 ...

Zinnias are the workhorses of the cutting flower garden. They are easy to grow and have a short time from planting to bloom time. They attract bees, butterflies and hummingbirds so are a great ...

Move over dahlias and peonies—it’s time for zinnias to have their time in the spotlight—or more accurately, your garden. While you’ve certainly probably seen zinnias in a floral arrangement or even in ...