A professional horticulturist highlights five of the easiest edible flowers to grow from seed, along with sowing tips to help home growers have healthy plants ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Fruit trees. Fall is the best season to plant deciduous trees (trees that lose their leaves), including deciduous fruit trees such as apple, plum, peach, and ...

To get a head start on the growing season, start slow-growing perennial herbs such as rosemary and lavender 10 to 12 weeks before your expected last frost. Start perennial herbs with a moderately slow ...

For gardeners with minimal time, energy and funds to use toward making their vegetable gardens look pretty this spring, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Kiki Fontenot suggests considering growing borage.

The cutting is taken from the Indian Borage (Plectranthus amboinicus). This plant is commonly grown for culinary and medicinal uses. After some roots have formed, you can plant it in a pot of ...

Dear Master Gardener: I planted borage in my perennial garden last summer and love the flowers. It seems to be a good pollinator plant, too. Is it an annual or perennial? Answer: Borage (Borago ...

Growing a garden can take a toll on your soil, leading to nutrient deficiencies, soil compaction, erosion, and other problems. To avoid this, many gardeners till their beds or apply regular ...