Add vibrancy to your home all throughout winter by choosing houseplants that flower during the colder months; here are 18 varieties to enjoy.

Brighten winter with the vibrant blooms of a Christmas cactus. Learn how to care for this tropical beauty and keep it flowering year after year.

I was out in the garden pruning last Saturday and took the opportunity to save some magnolia branches with flower buds to bring inside. It’s a tree that I have not tried forcing branches from before, ...

Strangely (to me), some of the people who live in the Adirondacks seem to enjoy winter, for reasons I have never been able to fathom. The short days, much-too-cold mornings in single digits, followed ...

I like to force branches to bloom indoors with clippings from spring-flowering trees and shrubs. Prune those branches that are not essential to the plant’s basic shape or save branches from your ...

Forsythia and pussy willows are easiest to force. Some fruits buds can be forced, too. Pussy willows grow wild and are available at nurseries. Even though spring has arrived — according to the ...

Growing gerbera daisies is an appealing pastime for indoor and outdoor gardeners alike. The plants are prized for their vibrant, daisy-like flowers, which come in a range of colors and sizes. Though ...

Cape primrose (Streptocarpus saxorum) is an easy-to-grow indoor flowering plant that could be the next gorgeous addition to your indoor garden. While the Cape primrose is just one of the many ...

Answer: If this winter has not gotten you down, you are among the few and a touch of spring would definitely be a boost to most gardeners. There are several flowering shrubs and trees that can be ...

Many gardeners are busy pruning shrubs to remove winter damage, control the size, or provide a bit of shaping before the season is well under way. Save some of the branches or cut a few from spring ...

What would you think about trying to fool Mother Nature into thinking spring has sprung after the winter we've just experienced? I'm not talking tulips and daffodils; I'm talking forsythia, deutzia, ...