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Agave plant care and growing tips

Agave's spiky leaves make it a popular drought-tolerant plant. Here's how to care for an agave plant in your container garden ...
If you want your garden containers to be filled with colorful flowers in spring, now's the time to get your bulbs planted to make sure they're ready to bloom once our gardens thaw out after winter.
Container gardening can bring plant life and color to spaces such as patios. If you’re longing for a garden but are lacking land, container gardening could be a perfect way to bring ornamentals or ...
If horticulture has a fine art, growing plants in containers would be it. Plants in containers are completely dependent on us. The health of a container-grown plant is an indication of the care ...
Containers can be used to grow vegetables and other plants. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Do you have a gardening question? The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County can help. Our volunteers are ...
Editor's note: This is part one of a three-part series on container gardening. Containers are great for people with limited mobility as well as people living in apartments or who have minimal space in ...
There's not much that rivals spring bulb bloom in the garden. The anticipation all winter. The inevitable forgetting where you planted bulbs or that you planted any at all. And then the show. It’s a ...
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.
Viola x wittrockiana, more commonly known as Pansies, are short-lived perennial flowers. Originating back in the 1800s, the flowers come in a vast array of colors and are ideal for planters, hanging ...
Question: I want to garden at home, but I have limited space. Can I grow a thriving container garden here in Sonoma County? Answer: Absolutely! Container gardening is not only a space-saver, it’s also ...
Beautiful, ripe tomatoes growing off of a vine. - HiTecherZ/Shutterstock Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) are certainly one of the more popular plants for gardeners, and with all of the tips and hacks ...