Summer is just around the corner now. Many of the flowers you may have planted in early spring, petunias for example, may not make it through the heat and humidity of summer. But there are colorful ...

* 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 ...

Q: I've had that disease that killed my impatiens this year. I've heard that SunPatiens are a type that's resistant to the disease, but I've also read they can become leggy in shade. The front of my ...

It has been a glorious, colorful spring, but now we need to set our sights on summer color. Plants are arriving daily in nurseries and garden centers, but not all of them are up to facing the ...

It’s about time to say goodbye to all those impatiens. They are probably not looking so great anyway, especially if they are getting a lot of sun. But if you really love them, May doesn’t have to be ...