Not to feed into your plant buying addiction, but did you know that you're actually getting a bonus? Those plastic pots they ...

Grow from Seed Plastic pots are much more difficult to avoid if you buy in plants from garden centers or plant nurseries, most of which will not have made the move away from plastic pots.

In particular, to attract hummingbirds, we recommend growing long-blooming flowers, which will fill your garden with color ...

Q: I do a lot of gardening, so I tend to buy a lot of plants and feel bad about throwing out the plastic pots that they come in. In the past, some garden centers would take them back and Home ...

Some Long Island nurseries and big-box stores are offering an eco-friendly solution. They are offering to recycle the containers, keeping them out of landfills and repurposing them for other uses.

Q: I have some tomatoes and pepper plants in pots. They are about 18 inches tall. Is it too early to plant them in my raised bed garden? It’s been too cold lately to plant.

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Two thousand flowers are in bloom right now at the New England Botanic Garden's annual orchid show. But tucked among the living plants are dozens of sculptures of orchids made from single-use ...

Old plastic water bottles can find new lives in your garden and rid you of a major summer nuisance.

Meijer said customers are encouraged to drop off the plastic flowerpots and trays at any of its garden centers, even if the flowers or plants were bought elsewhere.

Improvements in pot technology, using plastic polythene making them lighter and easier to transport, and the acceptance of container-grown plants led to a wave of garden centres, often converted ...