Growing Guides

Sweet Pea Bijou Mix is the sweet pea for gardeners who want all the fragrance without the fuss of a big trellis. Bijou is a bushy, dwarf to semi-dwarf type that stays around twelve to eighteen inches tall, so it...

Few flowers earn their place in the garden the way sweet peas do. One warm afternoon their scent drifts across the whole yard, and a single vase can perfume an entire room. These old-fashioned climbers (Lathyrus odoratus) have been cherished...

Cornflower Polka Dot Mix is the fun, compact cousin of the classic bachelor's button, blooming in a cheerful blend of blue, pink, white, and deep maroon. Its dwarf, bushy plants stay a tidy 12 to 16 inches tall, which makes...

Cornflower Tall Blue is the true-blue classic, the bachelor's button gardeners have loved for generations. Its plants stand a stately 30 to 36 inches tall, sending up long, wiry stems topped with those famous vivid blue, fringed blooms. That height...

Few flowers are as easy, cheerful, and rewarding as cornflower, the old-fashioned bachelor's button (Centaurea cyanus). This hardy annual delivers clouds of true-blue blooms on airy stems, thrives on lean soil and neglect, and pulls in bees, butterflies, and beneficial...

Few flowers reward a beginner as generously as morning glory. Sow a handful of these hard little seeds at the base of a trellis in spring and, by mid summer, you will have a fast-growing vine covered each morning in...

Few flowers command a border quite like lupine, with its tall, colorful spikes rising above mounds of elegant palm-shaped leaves in early summer. These Russell hybrid perennials (Lupinus) are hardy, dramatic, and surprisingly easy once you understand their two quirks:...

Strawflower is the flower that never fades, prized for centuries as the classic everlasting bloom. Its petals are not soft like most flowers but crisp and papery, feeling almost like straw to the touch, and they hold their brilliant colors...

Black-eyed Susan is the golden face of the late-summer garden, a tough native wildflower that blooms when many others are fading. Its cheerful yellow petals radiate around a dark chocolate center, standing on sturdy stems that shrug off heat, drought,...