Plant breeders are never content with the status quo. That’s why they’re always working to come up with plants with superior features like larger, more colorful flowers or disease-resistant foliage.

Cool-season crops like cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, onions, carrots, radishes, pansies, and diathus can be planted. (They can ...

This week's column addresses when to pinch back annual and perennial flowers, characteristics of a good potting mix and caring for indoor azaleas.