This past weekend I was in church and one of my pastor friends asked me an interesting question about mini roses. One of the characteristics of carnations is some of them look a lot like roses. He ...

If you are unsure about when you should plant perennials like coneflowers, black eyed susan, bee balm, daylilies, dianthus, ...

February is the month when indoor seed-starting takes center stage in the Northern gardening world. It’s when eager gardeners get busy starting their cool-season plants, such as cabbage, broccoli, ...

References to the plant genus Dianthus go back as far as the Greek botanist Theophrastus. He named these plants from the Caryophyllaceae family “divine flower” (dios = divine plus anthos = flower).

The magic of container gardening is that the containers can be placed anywhere you like. And if the pot is filled with sweet-smelling Dianthuses, you may be looking for extra places around your yard ...