I have some wonderful peonies that came with my home. This year one patch — I have three of them — has these funny looking pods where the blooms were. Each one has what looks like tiny seeds. How do I ...

Q: I have recently harvested a number of seed pods from a peony plant. Some pods were green, others blackish brown. I need advice on how and when to plant the seeds. — Richard Sharpe, email A: It’s ...

The rain slowed gardeners down a bit earlier this week but we’re catching up with planting and other tasks. I have a “no bare earth” policy that gives my garden such a lush, full effect. By about the ...

Germination can be frustrating: you might have just invested a pretty penny in some seeds, waited a long time for them in the mail or gone to some great lengths to acquire them one way or another.