It's no secret in our family that I was not blessed with a green thumb. But that won't keep me from making some cute garden stakes for my son, who was blessed with the knack of keeping plants alive.

You can make your plant stakes super colorful or keep the color palette soft and muted. As for the design, the options are ...

The magenta colored garden phlox dates back to July ... Mark planting sites with garden stakes. Select areas with high visibility so they can be easily viewed. Roses: September and October will ...

Place stakes 5 to 6 inches out from plant crowns ... you usually can prevent disaster by weaving cats-cradles of dark-colored garden twine among the stems. Use the rough, soft-textured hemp ...