February is the month when indoor seed-starting takes center stage in the Northern gardening world. It’s when eager gardeners get busy starting their cool-season plants, such as cabbage, broccoli, ...

As you look through all the seed catalogs arriving in your mailbox and dream about the garden season to come, you may find yourself a bit confused about certain terms you find in those catalogs. Some ...

Follow some general guidelines to ensure plant materials ordered are the right ones when the growing season arrives.

Deep-blue delphinium seedlings are shown this undated photo. If it's pink poppies you want, or only deep-blue delphiniums, you might not find these particular colors at a nursery. A much wider ...

The Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Centre County are pleased to continue Bill Lamont’s column in gratitude for his contributions to our program and our community. Have a home gardening ...

If you’re planning to request a seed catalog in 2025, now is the time to do it. New seed catalogs get printed between mid-December and early January, so the seed catalogs we’ve gathered here are hot ...

The first dark-leafed astilbe with purple flowers, a red-blooming delphinium, and a native alternative to salvia and lavender top the list of interesting new perennials debuting in the 2023 growing ...

Who thinks of planting flower seeds this time of year? Not many gardeners. Yet now is an ideal time to plant perennial flower seeds. They'll only grow leaves and stems this year -- but next year and ...

I’ve been poring over my seed catalogs the past few weeks looking for flowers to grow in the OPC garden this year. I’m hoping to have a great display of seed grown flowers for the Rochester Garden ...

Many of us receive plant and seed catalogs in the mail or view them online. The color pictures are vivid. The descriptions are detailed. The terminology would stump any “Jeopardy!” player. If you feel ...