Get a headstart on a vibrant spring garden with these fast-growing flowers. Sow them in the cold winter months to ensure an ...

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Flowers: Marigold: 5-7 days, Sunflower: 7-14 days, Zinnia: 7-14 days, Petunia: 10-15 days. If you're seeds do fail to germinate, don't give up, keeping trying until you get it right.

Lemon Gem is an heirloom marigold with neat, mound-shaped plants that are perfect for the edges of flowerbeds or in containers.

Lemon Gem is an heirloom marigold with neat, mound-shaped plants that are perfect for the edges of flowerbeds or in containers.

Germination close germinationThe process where seeds sprout and begin to grow. occurs when a new plant grows out from a seed. All seeds require three conditions for successful germination ...

Germination is the process by which a plant begins to grow from a seed. Seeds need certain conditions to germinate successfully. Doctor Laura Bowden is a seed specialist, and I've asked her to try ...