Joellen Dimond plants Coleus, Pentas and Vinca. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond demonstrates how to plant Coleus, ...

Whether you're growing a container garden or a new in-ground garden, growing plants from seeds is definitely doable. Among the easiest plants to grow from seed are vegetables such as greens, peas, ...

DENVER — More and more people are learning how to start flowers and vegetables from seed. It takes patience and practice. The first step is reading the seed packets to figure out when the seeds should ...

Over many decades, we have come to count on colorful, sturdy vinca (Catharanthus roseus) as the workhorse of our summer gardens. With its pretty pink, white and purple blooms clustered en masse on a ...

“Life is a process of planting seeds for the future. This is how Adam (from adama, the Hebrew word for earth) got his name. For the virtue of earth is found in the plants that grow out of it and in ...

The great thing about impatiens is their ability to flower prolifically in the shade. But when your container or garden bed bakes in the hot sun, its look-alike vinca is the answer. The flowers and ...