Astilbe is a lovely perennial with compact fern-like foliage and feathery plumes of flowers that have a strong and pleasant fragrance. Astilbe bl...

Asters flowers bloom from late summer through fall, and come in boundless varieties and shades. They make an excellent ground cover, and are great...

Phlox or Drummond's Phlox it's easy to grow and maintain, and once established, it has a fairly good tolerance to drought. Phlox is a low-growing...

Arabis Rock Cress is a perennial plant that grows as a groundcover in a rock or wall garden. Arabis seeds produce plants that form a low-growing c...

Rock cress is a familiar name for a variety of plants, including Aubrieta and Arabis which grow as a creeping mat. The perennial Rock Cress do wel...

African Daisy is an annual flower, native to South Africa. African Daisy flowers may have yellow, red, blue, purple, white or multi-coloured petal...

Vinca (Catharanthus roseus) are prolific annuals that produce bright flowers. They thrive in a well-draining, moist soil, in partial sun to full ...

Creeping Thyme (Thymus Serpyllum Magic Carpet) is a beautiful, low-growing ground cover perennial. This pink thyme with lemon fragrance is ideal fo...

Petunia flowers can be grown from seed sown early indoors and transplanted outside after frost, or from potted plants.   Sowing Seed Indoors: Sow...

Hollyhock can be grown from seeds when sown early indoors, then transplanted outside after frost; or sown directly in the garden in early summer. ...

Primrose species grow in different areas from wet to dry, and sun to shade, depending on USDA location. But they need part shade in hot summer sun...

Growing plants from seed is not always an easy task, but is very rewarding. Sowing a packet of seeds in the winter is optimistic, but wi...