Q: Hello, you recently wrote about preserving impatiens. I saw it while at my mother’s. I have impatiens that my grandmother purchased in 1960. It is a hybrid, with variegated leaves and pink flowers.

A: There are several options to preserve your New Guinea impatiens (Impatiens hawker): Bring in the plants: After carefully grooming and inspecting the plant, treat for any insect problems or diseases ...

Many people don't know that you can overwinter impatiens flowers indoors to prevent them from dying. There are some key care ...

As we watch for another night of frost and covering plants that are a little north of their natural range, there is another way to save some of them. Many of the plants we treat as annuals can be ...

As summer approaches, it is likely that we will be getting a bit more rain. Maybe it’s time to consider putting in a rain-loving bedding plant that will fill your garden beds with colorful flowers all ...

Have you successfully wintered over plants of coleus, impatiens, Alternanthera Royal Tapestry, bloodleaf or any of a dozen more plants that could be featured in your containers this summer? While they ...

Days grow short and the cold begins to nip the October landscape. But that doesn’t mean an end to gardening. It signals a new beginning for indoor gardening. Some plants that brought color and joy to ...

Tuesday we were in an office where a dusty cutting of a straggly plant sat in a vase on a windowsill. Fortunately, the shade was down, so sunlight did not show just how dusty the vase was, how little ...

Q. I would like to know why some of my impatiens wilted and died this past summer while others planted elsewhere in the yard did fine. Angela Plouhar, Muskegon A. Impatiens are susceptible to a ...

If you want to try something new in your garden this year, you can’t go wrong with a winner from All-America Selections. For more than eight decades, the independent nonprofit organization based in ...