Overcrowding and lack of cold winter weather can lead to short stalks on daffodils and daylilies. Courtesy of Mark Weathington Some of my daffodils had unusually short flower stalks this year. Now, ...

Chet Neufeld has quickly become the Indiana Jones of rare wildflowers, after rediscovering a plant — the short-flower suncup — which had not been seen in Saskatchewan since 1965. Neufeld is executive ...

For healthy dahlias with strong stems of normal length, avoid over-watering and over-fertilizing with nitrogen, and keep the plants washed clean of disease-spreading aphids. Dear Helen: Because they ...