Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Cutting flowers from your garden comes down to cutting at precisely the right time of day for the best results.

To grow your own cut flower garden, guess what?! You don’t need a ton of room or even much money. As long as you have good soil, full sunshine, and time, a cut flower garden could be what you see ...

Cut flowers sounded easy when I started gardening. Just plant some flowers and then cut them, right? Well, there is a lot more to it than that. Cut flowers are often grown from specific varieties that ...

Cut flowers are a wonderful way to brighten any room. Bringing cut flowers into your home can cheer up the rainiest summer days and the coldest weeks of winter. But how do you make sure they stay ...

When fresh-cut flowers flop shortly after cutting it is disappointing, especially if they’re for a special occasion. To start with, a big mistake many people make is cutting flowers during the heat of ...

Celeste Scott talks about easy to grow cut flowers, and Booker T. Leigh show how to aerate a lawn. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, UT Extension Horticulture Specialist ...

Legend has it that the origins of St. Valentine’s Day lie in the ancient Roman fertility festival Lupercalia. During the festival, young women would place their names in a large urn. The young men ...

A slew of research and attention has been given to peonies in recent years, but research on growing other cut flowers in Fairbanks and Alaska has been limited in the last decade. To get an idea of ...

You should deadhead your zinnias once their blooms start to fade and turn brown. Use garden shears or pinch off the flower with your fingers. Deadheading will help the plant refocus its energy toward ...