Deadheading keeps your garden tidy and blooming by removing spent flowers so plants can put energy into fresh blooms instead of seed-making. Use pinching for tender-stemmed plants and clean pruners ...

Deadheading, the removal of spent blooms, encourages new growth and more flowers. Annuals like zinnias and marigolds benefit from frequent deadheading, while others like impatiens are self-deadheading ...

Here we are, three-quarters through the summer heat of July; the spark, crackle and vast array of colorful fireworks all but a fading glow in our mind’s eye. Crossandra, known as the “firecracker ...