Late every summer, I’m amazed at how different my flower garden looks than it did in the spring. While I grow many perennials that produce beautiful blooms, the show-stoppers in my garden are often ...

Question: A friend gave me several Mexican sunflower cuttings and said to stick them in the ground. Does this work? Answer: You hear stories about sticking stems in the ground and having them root, ...

Mexican Sunflower – Tithonia rotundifolia, is a member of the daisy or aster family. This summer annual can grow up to six feet tall or higher in one season. Native to Mexico and Central America, it ...

The word "Lophospermum" might be unfamiliar to you because it's now the generic name for plants formerly known as Asarina vines. A versatile and easily maintained variety of Lophospermum is "Compact ...

Sunflowers are gorgeous native plants that can grow to amazing heights in a single year. But are sunflowers perennials that will come back after the winter? That depends on which sunflower you’re ...

When you hear the word sunflowers, the cheerful, familiar, large yellow blooms of the annual sunflowers come to mind (Helianthus annuus). These vibrant, happy flowers are annuals and are derived from ...

The area above my kitchen sink smells wonderful. It’s not from a new air freshener or dish soap. The delicious fragrance is due entirely to a large bouquet of Mexican sunflowers that my daughter, ...