Ornamental Gardens

Learn how to cultivate beautiful ornamental gardens and how to troubleshoot common pests, diseases, and growing problems!

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Shrubs

What’s Wrong With My Hibiscus? 5 Problems and Fixes

Hibiscuses are famous for their large, eye-catching flowers and glossy foliage. While the plants are quite popular, hibiscus problems are not. Join Florida gardener Melissa Strauss to discuss common issues with these plants and how you can combat and cure them.

Compact evergreen Hebe shrub with dense, glossy green leaves and tall purple flower spikes.

Shrubs

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Hebe Shrubs

Hebes form geometric shapes with their leaves! They’re iconic in the ornamental garden. Tender and hardy hebes offer the ultimate selection of varieties to choose from. Join longtime grower Jerad Bryant in learning how to plant, grow, and care for these evergreen shrubs.

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Bulbs

11 Fall Bulbs We’re Ordering in July

Many of the beautiful spring flowers we love come from bulbs and need a period of cold to bloom. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss for some beautiful cultivars that you should order in July. This way, you will have them in time for fall planting!

A dense cluster of trumpet-shaped flowers in shades of purple, yellow, and white, with prominent dark centers, fills the frame — petunias that don't need deadheading.

Flowers

9 Petunia Varieties You Don’t Need to Deadhead

Petunias are one of the most prolific and low-maintenance flowers in the garden, aside from one minor annoyance—deadheading. Luckily, there are several self-cleaning petunia varieties that you don’t need to deadhead because they drop their spent blooms and produce new ones on their own.

A bushy plant with lavender-purple spikes alongside yellow daisy-like flowers and pink cone-shaped blooms, highlighting a plant with Russian sage.

Ornamental Gardens

What to Plant With Russian Sage: 9 Recommended Pairings

Russian sage is a standout with fine, silvery leaves and stems and packed sprays of purple-blue blooms. Hardy and adaptable, the low-maintenance perennial grows across varying climates with ease. It also complements a wide variety of other specimens that share its growing requirements. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe shares perennials to plant with Russian sage to bring out the best in the pairing.

Several clusters of vibrant fuchsia-pink, bell-shaped flowers, each with a contrasting paler throat, bloom densely on slender stems amidst lush green foliage — perfect examples of shrubs with summer flowers.

Shrubs

13 Shrubs With Stunning Summer Flowers

Flowering shrubs bring a special kind of blooming power into your landscape that trees and herbaceous plants just can't do. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to look at 13 gorgeous shrubs that bring tons of flowers to eye-level in the summer.

An area in the garden with easy late summer perennials, with surrounded deep-green foliage placed somewhere sunny

Ornamental Gardens

13 Easy Perennials You Can Plant in July

For a late-summer garden bursting with life and beauty, perennials are the best way to achieve it. In this article, gardening expert Melissa Strauss discusses some easy late summer perennials you can add to keep things looking lively in the heat.

Lush flowering hedge with glossy green leaves and clusters of small pink blossoms, offering vibrant seasonal color and inspiration for charming hedge ideas.

Ornamental Gardens

11 Unconventional Hedge Ideas for Your Landscape

Hedges don’t have to be plain, boring, and green. A surprising range of plants can make ideal hedges! Any species that tolerates habitual pruning works well, though some are better suited than others. Pacific Northwest grower Jerad Bryant shares 11 unconventional hedge ideas for your landscape.

A bush with a chance for the petunias stop blooming, possibly due to excessive heat and other problems

Flowers

7 Reasons Your Petunias Stopped Blooming

If your petunia stops blooming, it may need an adjustment or two in its growing conditions to restore its full-flowered stems. The vigorous annuals perform throughout the summer, though they take a break when the going gets tough. Gardening expert Katheirne Rowe explores reasons why petunias stop flowering and ways to boost the blooms.