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As a gardener, I have grown plants in my garden that I want to reproduce because they have performed well and have attracted many pollinators. While some plants are easier to divide with a shovel, ...

What can be more fun than collecting seeds from some of your favorite flowers and vegetables to share with others or to store and plant for next year’s harvest and/or enjoyment. For centuries various ...

Seeds are amazing little wonders of nature. From the mustard seed to an acorn, the seed is jam-packed with all the genetics needed for a whole new plant. Many of us start seeds in late winter in ...

If you’ve seen your garden flowers turning brown, it may be time to start collecting the seeds to give you more plants for free next year. Collecting seeds from lavender, foxgloves, honesty, ...

Learning how to collect seeds from perennials is a satisfying experience and offers a more sustainable approach to growing flowers. In simple terms, perennials are plants that live for more than two ...

At some point, even though it’s easy to buy seeds in stores and online, most gardeners think about collecting and saving their own seeds. Collecting and saving your own seeds does require some thought ...

Collecting seeds from summer-flowering plants in October is a quick and easy task that gets you seeds to grow next year for more plants. When the temperature and light levels drop in fall, preparing ...

Q: The Norway Spruce trees that border our yard are dying, and they have holes in the bark. Do you know what could be causing this? Is there anything we can do to stop it and save the ones that are ...

Red maple, little bluestem, nannyberry and salt grass are a few of the natural warriors being recruited to help protect Connecticut’s coastal regions from the ravages of storms related to climate ...

Picking a path through the forest and mountains of North Carolina last month, two botanists were on the hunt for treasure. Their expedition took them to wild populations of Trillium, a rare native ...

Changing and falling leaves are a sure sign of fall, and so are milkweed seed pods starting to dry out in preparation of being harvested. Milkweed is the only host plant of monarch butterflies, ...