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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bright, cheerful and easy to grow, zinnias are a favourite among gardeners for their long-lasting blooms and resilience. These sun-loving flowers flourish in well-drained soil and hot weather, making ...

Growing healthy zinnia flowers begins with the sowing of the seed, its germination and growing the seedlings in small pots and seedling trays. It involves pruning the tip of the plant and removal of ...

There is a huge variety of garden flowers that can be grown from seed. Far more than you will find in seedling trays at the garden centre. One of South Africa’s oldest seed companies, Kirchhoffs ...