Hanging basket flowers should flourish and look their best in July, but one simple thing can completely destroy these plants ...

If your annual flowers aren’t exploding with celebratory fireworks of color right now, it may be lack of fertilizer.

Silk flower (Clarkia amoena) is an annual California native wildflower that blooms in every shade of pink. I had never seen it growing in a hanging basket before, since it has an upright growth habit.

The best-looking hanging baskets prioritise good plant combinations. “Personally, I like to decide on a theme,” explains Watkins. “Hot and vibrant, or cool and calm, for example.

Transform your tiny balcony into a colourful garden with these five compact flowers. Easy-to-grow options for small spaces include petunias, pansies, marigolds, begonias, and verbena.

Perennials are plants and flowers that grow and bloom over the spring and summer, die every autumn and winter and then grow ...