If you’re in doubt or experiencing poor germination, test a few of the seeds (10 is a good number) by wrapping them in a ...

When plants come up, they can be grown under fluorescent lights or next to a sunny window until frost is done for the season ...

Growing winter pansies from seed is relatively straightforward and can be done indoors or outdoors. It's easiest to start pansy seeds indoors or in a protected area and then transplant them outdoors.

It’s time to start annuals that get off to a slow start, such as pansies, violas, snapdragons and lobelia. Read the seed ...

Winter cold actually aids germination of some seeds. They will fare poorly if planted too late. It's advisable to plant seeds of California poppy, bread seed poppy, larkspur, nigella and bachelors ...