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Here you'll find horticulture business articles and my Plant for Profits columns, as well as more in-depth articles on a variety of plant and gardening topics. You can use the Article Category drop down to the right to filter articles and columns by topic.

Petunia ‘Black Velvet’

'Black Velvet' is the world's first solid black petunia. I was instantly drawn to its deep purple-black glossy blooms, over which you can't help but ooh and ahh. The contrast is unusual and eye-catching and makes this petunia the perfect companion for foliage plants like purple fountain grass, purple sweet potato vine and euphorbia.


Osteospermum for Early Spring Color

If you’re like me, there really isn’t any time of the year when you’re not hankering to plant color in your garden. Come February, I’m already itching to get started on my spring garden.


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