Growing Annuals in the Garden - Page 3 of 5 - Fine Gardening

Learn all about starting seeds, planting, and growing annuals in the garden.

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    Adding Annuals to Your Garden: Six Inventive Ideas

    We’ve all seen them: the giant swaths of annuals demanding our attention with their ostentatious colors—in parking lots, at park entrances, lining the walkway to every local bank. They are…

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    Scenes From Tina’s Garden

    Today’s photos are from Tina Tyzzer. We built a new home in 2016 (Zone 6, Indiana) on 6 acres that had been farmed for the previous 50+ years. In spite…

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    Surinder’s Outdoor Garden

    We recently visited Surinder Chadha’s beautiful indoor plant collection in northern New Jersey, and today Surinder is sharing his outdoor gardening endeavors from the summer. Surinder says that the local…

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    John’s California Garden

    Today John Erskine is sharing his garden with us, which we have visited before (Change Up Your Garden). This past year I've been lucky enough to be able to work…

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    Sally’s Garden in Vermont

    Sally Matless is sharing some scenes throughout the year of her garden in Norwich, Vermont. A satiny purple tulip glistens with water droplets. How long do we have to wait…

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    Annuals With Winter Interest for the Northern Plains

    Even though early fall frosts and freezes have caused your garden to enter a state of slumber, you can still enjoy color and texture from certain annuals or tender, nonhardy…

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    Collette’s Irish Garden

    Today we’re headed off to Cork, Ireland, to look back at some photos from this past summer in Collette O’Connell’s garden. A variety of annuals mingle with perennials, shrubs, and…

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    Pallavi’s Garden in Illinois

    Today we’re visiting Pallavi Divekar’s garden in Naperville, Illinois. Once again it’s my pleasure to share the pictures of my garden with nature lovers and plant lovers. It gives me…

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    New Jersey Garden in November

    Rebecca Cullen is sharing shots of her New Jersey garden today, where a surprising number of plants kept blooming well into November. I wanted to share some garden pictures taken…

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    Marigolds: No Green Thumb Required

    Today we’re visiting Natasha Grover’s garden in Chicago. I started gardening three years ago and tried different flowers. Although I love flowers, I do not have a green thumb. My…