Growing Guides

The California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is one of the easiest flowers to grow from seed, and knowing how to grow California poppies well comes down to letting them do their own thing. This golden state flower is a direct-sow wildflower...

Learning how to grow Bishop's Flower from seed gives you one of the easiest and most graceful cut flowers a garden can offer. Also called Ammi majus, this hardy annual in the carrot family sends up airy, flat-topped umbels of...

Cat grass is one of the easiest, fastest things you can grow, and you do not even need a garden. It is a pet-safe blend of barley, oat, rye, and wheat seeds that goes from a sprinkle of seed to...

White yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is one of the most rewarding perennials a beginner can sow: plant it once and it comes back for years, feeding pollinators with its broad, flat white flower heads above soft, ferny foliage. It is drought-tolerant,...

Lemon mint (Monarda citriodora) is a bright, lemon-scented member of the bee balm family, loved by bees and butterflies. Unlike spreading garden mint, it grows in upright clumps topped with tiered whorls of tubular lavender-pink flowers, making it as ornamental...

Artichokes are big, tender-bud perennials that you can raise from seed into dramatic, silvery plants topped with edible flower buds. This guide covers how to grow artichokes from seed, from an early indoor start to the one trick that really...

Broadleaf endive is the escarole type, forming a broad, open rosette of wide, slightly wavy green leaves. Maturing in about 85 days, it is a cool-season crop grown mainly for a fall harvest, when the weather keeps its flavor mild...

Royal Oakleaf is an improved oakleaf lettuce, bred to be more heat-tolerant and slower to bolt than the original while keeping the same tender, lobed leaves and sweet flavor. That extra staying power makes it one of the better loose-leaf...

Dr. Wyche's Yellow is a heavy-yielding heirloom that bears large, golden-yellow beefsteak tomatoes with smooth, meaty, crack-resistant flesh. It is an indeterminate (vining) tomato that grows tall and produces all season long, so give it a sturdy stake or cage...