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Cosmos flowers, as well as many other annuals, can be enjoyed year after year by collecting seeds at the end of each season.

Organizing a seed collection on an annual basis will ensure none of the precious varieties of edible flowers and vegetables are lost.

It's hard to find a flower that exceeds the Zinnia in beauty and ease of care. This sun worshiper makes a striking impact in any yard soon after seeds are sown.

Herbs have many uses. The main uses being for medicinal purposes, and in cooking. It is important to know how to gather and store them correctly.

To save flower seeds successfully, select and save seed from your best plants. Learn how and when to collect your seeds so they are fully mature and ready to harvest.

It's fun and easy to save seeds from your flower garden to plant next year. Learn how to select, collect, harvest and safely store your own flower seeds.

Overwintering Teasel attracts small birds, like buntings, goldfinches, sparrows, to its super-sized brown seedheads. Gardeners can encourage self-sowing teasel in spring.

Sweet peas are grown from seed from autumn to late winter. Some chip or soak the seed, others collect their own. Here are the best ways of raising your own plants.

If you have vegetables grown from heirloom seeds you may be able to save a few for next year instead of buying a whole new batch.

Creating art that is inspired by gardening is a great way to connect with nature, get out of the house, and embrace the new season. Take yourself on an artist date.

Find out how to use seashore mallow in a Bog or Water Garden.

With its cheery red-orange blooms, Mexican Milkweed is readily grown from seeds, transplants, and cuttings.

A look at the native plants that like to have a moist soil. These plants are all native to the United States.

Rose-colored flower heads start out as a mass of dark pink buds which open to release the scent of Cashmere Bouquet soap.

No matter if a garden is high plains (above 4,000 ft.) or low desert, November is the time to take care of a few chores.

Cowslips (Primula veris) readily self seed in Spring. Gardeners can use propagation methods to encourage cowslips to grow in their backyard woodlands and meadow gardens.

There are many varieties of desert plants growing wild, and many of them are wildflowers. Find out how to collect the seeds of these plants for your own garden.

Moss is the ideal plant for a shady garden pond. It softens the look of the pond and provides a soft, low maintenance carpet for wet and rocky areas.

Raising trees and shrubs from seed is an investment in the future which requires patience and often involves using special treatments to aid germination.

Seed saving is an old art form that is coming back into fashion with the fears of a recession hitting. Learn how to save money while growing your own food

The colors of autumn can bring joy to the lives of people, especially when they don't think about the season to come in the Northern Hemisphere.

Love-in-a-Mist or Devil-in-a-Bush is a cottage garden favorite with showy flowers, and a romantic feel.

Looking back and looking forward all at the same time. Resolving to make changes that will improve the future are what New Year resolutions are all about.

The food known commonly as wild rice is actually the seed of a tall aquatic grass that grows in clear lakes and quiet rivers.

An easy-to-care-for, tough perennial, purple sage is drought-tolerant and provides attractive color and accent to water wise gardens.

Young merchant Thomas Halsey typified American colonists who were leaders in founding new communities. They were forerunners of the middle class,

"Chinese" Wilson's first trip to China for Harvard's Arnold Arboretum (MA) began in January 100 years ago. His goal? Introduce Asian plants to western landscapes.

You don't have to spend a ton of money to have a beautiful flower garden. There are many ways to get the look you desire without emptying your wallet every year.