MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about container gardens and care of crape myrtles, blue daze plants, trimming palms, ...

Pentas (Pentas lanceolata) also known as Egyptian star clusters or star flowers, are stunning plants with vibrant bursts of color famed for their summer-long blooms. This easy-to-care-for ...

For an easy sturdy planting for summer, try a grouping of Pentas lanceolata or star clusters. This plant is extremely heat tolerant and will take living in pots with weekly watering.

The popularity of container gardening apparently knows no bounds. Gardeners have discovered they can grow a host of plants in pots, bins and window boxes. Here are 10 good candidates spanning the ...

Leaf lettuce is exceptionally easy to grow from seed, so containers — especially large bins — are a natural receptacle for sowing. 10 Easy Plants You Can Grow in a Container Garden Skip to ...

Several, including the Graffiti series and New Look. are compact pentas that grow 10-12 inches tall making them perfect for front of the border plantings or in containers. They are free-flowering ...

1. If you have a patio or deck, you may be considering adorning it with potted plants. The problem with containerized plants on concrete or wood surfaces is the stains that they create.

Plant Doctor Tom MacCubbin gives advice on gardening in Florida including on how container gardens provide a great way to add color accents for summer.

It is easiest to reach this situation if you grow the plant in a 10- or 12-inch container. Prune the top to be 2.5 times as large as the container and keep it at that size by tipping back the main ...