Last January, a Master Gardening column featured a story about winter sowing seeds. While I found the concept intriguing, I was convinced that sowing seeds indoors under lights on heat mats four to ...

• Seeds for sweet peas and native California wildflowers should be planted in November to get the best blooms this spring. • Sweet peas have a delicate, unforgettable fragrance that has never been ...

We tend to think of spring as peak seed-sowing season, but you can get a head start in your garden by planting certain vegetable and flower seeds now. Not only will this help reduce your workload when ...

A cool-weather annual, sweet peas actually like the Northwest's infamous cool springs and begin to fade as the hot weather comes on strong in July. Even though seed packets and available literature ...

The start of September always seems to take me by surprise. It's the time of year us gardeners get ready for another important growing season: fall. Not only is it time to get seeds and bulbs in the ...

Growing sweet peas from seed is rewarding and relatively straightforward, but as with most things, problems can sometimes arise. These range from leggy, weak growth to interloping pests, and such ...

Even if the heat comes blasting into your corner of Southern California, there’s plenty to do. The biggest task at hand is preparing for planting season: Map out your new trees and shrubs, bulbs ...

Autumn and wintertime gardening can still be most rewarding, with some edible plants still able to thrive in chillier conditions. It’s also exactly the right time to get some bulbs in the ground (or ...