Plant the right tulips for perennial color, plus other tips from ... - Seattle Times

Q: I would like to plant tulips in my garden this fall. How can I guarantee that they'll come back every year? A: Tulips are perennials, but many of the modern hybrid varieties will flower only once. This is largely because of the cut-tulip trade ...

Sharon Hull, This Week in the Garden: Lavender just loves it here - Santa Cruz Sentinel

Lavender farming can be an important business in Mediterranean climates like ours. Many products are made from the aromatic oils produced by the plants, including culinary and medicinal items. Most of us know about Bonny Doon Farms and their soaps ...

Garden Reports - KYW News radio

If you’d like to find a flowering plant for a shady spot in the garden this season, a spectacular one is tuberous begonia. For anyone who is interested in building an inexpensive greenhouse that will cost practically nothing to heat, here's a book ...

Gardening tips - Coloradoan

You can keep herbs producing new foliage by removing flowers and seed pods from basil, mint, parsley, sage and thyme. Pot up chives, parsley, thyme, basil and sage for a kitchen winter garden.

Get a handle on choosing a shovel - Detroit Free Press

Early fall is tree- and shrub-planting time, which makes this a good time to shop for a shovel. There's no single perfect shovel for the garden; the blade and handle style you choose will depend on the task, your body, your strength and your taste ...