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Annual Plants for the New Year

See the best of the new annual plants available to home gardeners in 2008. New colors, healthier plants and interesting flower forms can all be found. more...

All-America Selections Winners

Each year gardeners look forward to seeing which plants will earn the All-America Selections award for being easy to grow and beautiful garden specimens. more...

Verbena Plant Profile

Graceful clusters of bright flowers attract gardeners and butterflies equally. See why these charming plants are great for more than just hanging baskets and containers. more...

Plant Profile Annual Cosmos

Bright and colorful blooms that last for weeks make Cosmos a popular plant choice for gardeners. See more about growing and using Cosmos plants in your landscape. more...

Fragrant Annual Plants

Annual plants grow and flower quickly and these annuals are perfect additions to a nose-pleasing fragrance garden. Which scents will you add to your garden? more...

Summer Blooming Annuals

Summer blooming annuals are plants that flower in the summer, produce seed and then die. See six of the most popular and useful annual plants for summer flowers. more...

Snapdragon Plant Profile

Snapdragons are charming long-time favorites when it comes to flowering garden play-things. See how to grow and use snapgdragons in the garden and some popular cultivars. more...

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Learn the Types of Geranium Plants

By: Christine Eirschele

There are many types of Pelargoniums for container gardens, indoors and outside. The annual geranium is a summer blooming plant with many choices for all gardeners. more...

How To Grow Geraniums

By: Christine Eirschele

Summer blooming plants, like annual geraniums, are easy to grow. Plant in container gardens or in-ground planting beds, alone or in a mixed planting. more...

Bedding Plants for Summer Gardens

By: Laurence O'Sullivan

Brighten up summer gardens with bedding plants. They are ideal for spectacular color displays or as container plants. Check out Salvia, Geraniums, Violas and many more. more...

What To Do With Pansies and Violas

By: Christine Eirschele

Grow these spring plants in butterfly gardens, container gardens or with cool season vegetables. Use the edible flowers in the kitchen, too. more...

The Salvia Bedding Plant

By: Laurence O'Sullivan

In the top list of bedding plants, the Salvia remains an eye-catcher in any garden. It is a tried and trusted plant with a stunning visual effect. more...

Shock Wave Petunias

By: Christine Eirschele

From Petunia 'Superbissima' to the newest of the Wave petunias, Shock Wave petunia, there is a petunia suitable for every garden. more...

Calendula Colorful Annual Flower

By: Judith Vines

A colorful, hardy annual, Calendula is used as saffron in cooking. This sunny flower has healing antiseptic properties. It is used for decorating Hindu temples. more...

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