* What it is: Impatiens used to be America's No. 1-selling type of summer shade flower until a deadly powdery mildew disease hit in 2012. The disease sticks around in the soil and kills most kinds of ...

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 ...

Popular flower for gardening produces a satisfying display of color while requiring minimal horticultural effort STATEN ISLAND, NY- WEST SHORE - Attention all amateur gardeners: It’s now safe to plant ...

Impatiens have always been the go-to flower for summer gardens. Then downy mildew arrived and they all but vanished. Now they are back, with new disease-resistant busy lizzies as well as hardier, ...

* What it is: Impatiens used to be America’s No. 1-selling summer annual flower until a deadly powdery mildew disease hit in 2012. Breeders have now developed two lines of traditional impatiens that ...

Meteorologist Dave Epstein is our go-to person for pressing weather questions on everything from winter blizzards to summer droughts. He’s also a horticulturist, meaning he’s an expert in anything ...

Impatiens have long been our go-to plant for shady flowerbeds. The common garden impatiens (Impatiens walleriana) thrive in shady to partly shady locations and typically cover themselves with colorful ...

Q: I never had problems with impatiens before this year. About a month ago, some plants in ground and containers began to wilt at soil level, then stems could just be pulled away from core. Other ...

Jewelweeds make nice with their leaves when their roots share roots. In lab experiments, seedlings of Impatiens wildflowers react mildly when planted in pots with other offspring from the same mother ...

So what can you plant this year instead of impatiens? I've spent the long off-season pondering that dilemma. In addition to coleus, a colorful foliage plant, I can recommend some great flowering ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — tion all amateur gardeners: It’s now safe to plant impatiens, the colorful, hearty flowers that bloom spring through fall and are virtually impossible to kill. Many garden ...