Plant Shopping: Why Quality Matters

The success of your garden starts by selecting healthy plants from your local garden center. Choosing strong, vigorous plants is one of the best ways to give you an advantage. They establish more quickly, bloom or produce fruit sooner, and require less maintenance in the short and long term. It pays to know what a […]

Colorful Annuals for Your Fall Planters

When the hillsides are glowing red and orange, and chilly air sweeps through the streets, many gardeners retire the annuals and begin to put the garden to bed. But our autumns in Virginia and Maryland are long and beautiful. Although some annuals fade at the end of summer, many varieties will complement the ripe apples […]

The Best Annuals for Late-Summer Container Color

In the abundance of late-summer, when tomatoes are hanging heavy from the vines and berries are ripe on their branches, your annuals may be looking a little tired. Whether wilted from the heat, worn out by pests, or simply finished their bloom cycle, they may be ready for a replacement. Here are the best-performers to […]

The Most Exciting New Annuals of 2020

There are so many ways to garden—from edibles to perennial borders, berry shrubs to pollinator gardens—but annuals still form the heart of many landscapes. Bred for their colorful flowers and foliage, they can cheer up our porches and front steps, and lend exquisite beauty to our garden beds. Every year, plant breeders make them stronger, […]