Planting

Want a beautiful garden that does wonderful things? Planting pollinator-friendly gardens will make your yard the buzz of the neighborhood. What if our landscapes could be both eye-catching and support a biodiversity of local pollinators such as bees, butterflies, beetles and more? We don’t often think about pollinators as...

Cool As A Cucumber

Plant them now and enjoy them throughout summer. Cucumbers are a staple for warm-weather party trays, easy-to-make appetizers and simple snacks. With this in mind, Burpee’s crop of new introductions includes a 4-inch, thin-skinned “Party Time” cucumber, perfect for small gardens and mini-cuke dipping. Cucumbers 101 Select cucumbers with uniformly deep green...
Brittan Browning, owner and lead gardener at Gilmer Farms, shares a list of her favorite multi-purpose foliage to fill out your garden beds and spring bouquets. Blooms are the key ingredient for a cutting garden, but growing pros know to never neglect the foliage that make up the foundation...
Replant summer containers with the rich colors of fall and extend their beauty into the season.
To make the most of the season's star, Robert Upwall of Every Blooming Thing offers tips on cutting, preserving and arranging dahlias.
Four quick-n-dirty vegetable and herb varieties that you can get into the ground (or a patio garden box) just in time for spring gardening.
wintertime houseplant care
Expert Melinda Meservy provides some tips for nurturing and caring for houseplants during winter.
Amaryllis, Cactus & Tropicals
Amaryllis is the holidays' most photo-worthy flower, and it's easy to grow, bulb to bloom. 1) Choose a large, firm bulb with roots. Soak the bulb base and roots in warm water a few hours before planting. Fill a pot halfway with loam soil. Position the bulb in the pot...
Winter is right around the corner—many parts of the state have already seen their first snowfall. As the weather gets colder, many home gardeners are ready to wrap up the season, but there are still some final steps you can take to ensure a successful spring. Gardening expert Jaydee...
Amanda Pratt, A Lavender Garden
Combining her love for design and plants into her business A Lavender Garden, Master Gardener Amanda Pratt offers home horticulture consults, landscape design, and one-on-one Utah-based gardening education—with a focus on sustainable practices, water-wise plants and soil science. At her charming Millcreek home, she keeps chickens and bees while...