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 ...

There is nothing simple, or cut and dried, when it comes to growing plants. Much of becoming a so-called plant expert is knowing the regional climate, soil type, and the most likely growing ...

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).

Now that spring has officially arrived and the sun has returned, our gardens are beginning to brim with activity. Bees are buzzing about, visiting early flowers; foliage is emerging everywhere; and ...

I’M PRETTY SURE I became a gardener so I could pick flowers with impunity. Once, on the way to school in the second grade, I gathered a small posy of pinks for my teacher. Rather than graciously ...

The most anticipated new fall flower arrived in my area and I didn’t even get to look. Let that be a warning to all of you gardeners getting ready for fall planting. The plant I am talking about is ...

As soon as the month of May appears on the calendar, my thoughts turn to mothers and carnations. The pairing of the carnation - the divine flower - and mothers is not an accident. The combination was ...