With its glossy green foliage and flashy trumpet-shaped flowers, mandevilla (Mandevilla spp.) is the perfect easy-care plant for pots, hanging baskets, and garden beds. This plant requires little ...

By BECKY LIVERMORE, Master Gardener The first annual vines in the ground at our place are sweet peas — Lathyrus odoratur. During a well-organized spring, I start them indoors in pots.