We all have visions of lush, overflowing flower beds when we start planting, but reality doesn't always quite match the image in our heads. However, you can get a little bit closer to the bountiful ...

Q: I lost a few Lobelia cardinalis and Liatris spicata in last summer's heat. Instead of ordering more plants, I've saved the seeds and hope to start them to plant outside in May. I plan to start them ...

Q: I love the cheapo lights and timer that I rigged up to start my own seeds. My seedlings are taking off, and I have just finished thinning the zinnias and marigolds, but I'm stumped with the smaller ...

The new gardening year can feel like a slow starter, as the weather is cold and little color is outside. There may be few ...

Every gardener has favourite plants, those varieties that are a must-have every year in the garden. One of mine is the lowly lobelia, a plant that I began using in great profusion in my first garden ...

The bedding lobelia is used in flower beds and especially as trailing forms in window boxes and baskets. In these situations, it produces masses of flowers in a range of shades of blue, pink and white ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- I‘ve been growing Lobelia, a striking deep blue flower with white eyes, for many years. And although they’d always start out looking wonderful, as the summer season progressed, ...