The year was 1956. I was 8 years old and my family was on vacation on the California coast. We were traveling up Highway 101 and came to the town of Capitola, near Santa Cruz. There along the side of ...

If you're hankering to begin the new garden season by starting something indoors, here's a suggestion: Skip the seeds and instead plant a few tuberous-rooted begonias. Growing vegetable and flower ...

Bringing the beauty of nature indoors doesn’t have to mean dealing with messy soil, bulky bags of potting mix, and the ...

After more than 40 years I don’t often get asked a new gardening question. On the occasion that I do, it is usually about some new plant or a new tool or technique. So it was a bit of a surprise last ...

My Aunt Ruthie grew tuberous begonias for exhibition in a lath house in her backyard. I remember the wonder I felt as a child walking into that magical place filled with dazzling, jewel-toned flowers.

Having a shady garden, I was delighted to discover begonias a few years ago. They add constant color and beautiful foliage throughout the season in places with little to no direct sunlight. They can ...

If you want to plant cloves of garlic for a harvest of full bulbs next season, do it now; the soil will soon be too cold for good root growth. Time is also running out for legal lawn feeding. I remind ...

In spring garden centers stock a tempting variety of brightly colored tuberous begonias that are hard to resist. Gardeners have a tremendous choice of flower color in shades of orange, pink, yellow, ...

Begonias are grown outdoors in their native subtropical and tropical climates. In temperate climates, begonias are grown outdoors as an annual during the summer months and as a houseplant during the ...