Description: Like any other garden tender, I yearn for flowers that display vibrant color through every season. The usual path to this achievement is to either plan a complex collection of bulbs, ...

Lavatera is an annual that deserves a place in more flower gardens. You probably won't find flats of lavatera plants for sale in spring, but it's easy enough to start your own from seed. Just sow the ...

FOR anybody who lives close to the coast, the sea mallow is a familiar sight. It thrives a yard or less from where the rock is exposed, rooted deep in the last of the sandy soil, its downy leaves and ...