If you have hanging baskets or a container garden, few things are more perfect than trailing plants covered in flowers. Sadly, some trailing plants, like begonias, will struggle with full sun in warm ...

Linn County Master Gardener, Lisa Slattery, provides the following on the basics of container gardening: I consider a beautiful container of plants as a mini garden. Containers are perfect for people ...

I bought a plant called Mezoo Trailing Red in a 4-inch pot at the beginning of the summer. I used it as the trailing plant in a container design. Three months later the plant has trailed over the ...

Gone are the days when people filled their front garden beds with flats of annual flowers to create a summer-long carpet of color. That’s just too expensive and too much work these days for all but ...

Ever wish you could have a garden, even if you only have a balcony or a tiny patio? Container gardening makes it possible to grow a variety of plants in small spaces. You might be amazed at how many ...

Pots and planters add instant color and flexibility. Learn how to choose containers, manage watering and soil, and pick ...

You might think of container gardening as a more simplistic version of landscape design – after all, if all you're doing is buying plants from a nursery and ...

If your outdoor space consists of a deck, patio or balcony, you can create a small-scale garden paradise that brings you joy for months or years to come. And even if you live in a warmer climate or ...

When I was in college, I had three pots with tiny plants growing on my windowsill. They were my connection with horticulture. Those long nights trying to figure out why a horticulture major was taking ...

Even if you’ve got a beautifully designed garden, there are plenty of reasons to add plants in containers to your home. You can decorate a front porch or backyard patio with boxes or pots of flowers.