Even if you’ve got a beautifully designed garden, there are plenty of reasons to add plants in containers to your home. You can decorate a front porch or backyard patio with boxes or pots of flowers.

Container gardening makes growing your favorite plants easier, allowing you to move them around and manage their size. Begin ...

Watering can be a tricky art to master for container gardens as it does not take long for a plant to go from looking healthy to wilting. That fine line also comes into play between soil being too dry ...

If you want bright color year-round, but you're tired of the standard evergreen options available, you'll want to check out ...

Succulent plants are defined as plants that have evolved to store moisture in their leaves, stems or roots. They occur within several different plant families in regions of the world’s growing ...

Blueberries are a rewarding bush to grow, but ensuring a good harvest comes down to the right growing conditions. Choose ...

Growing plants in containers is a great option for anyone limited by space, mobility or soil conditions. Containers also can provide a nice accent near porches, windows or doorways that can be ...

Have you ever gone to the grocery store for, say, milk, and left with a cartful of impulse buys? Well, I visited a couple of nurseries last week in search of one specific plant and left with nearly ...

Much frustration surrounds growing plants in containers outdoors, probably due to exaggerated expectations. If you want safety where container planting is concerned, confine your choices to cacti and ...

I continue to install plants all summer long and have done so with success for many years. Gardeners just need to pay close attention to the proper watering of plants installed in the summer, with ...

New Orleans has a long gardening tradition of growing plants in containers in the landscape. According to an essay by Hilary Somerville Irvin in "The Southern Heirloom Garden" (William C. Welch and ...