Ornamental Gardens

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

Pink hollyhock flowers bloom brightly under the sun's warm rays.

Flowers

11 Wildflowers You Can Grow From Seed in January

Even if you live in cold places, you’ll be able to enjoy wildflowers. From colorful poppies to lupines, there are a lot of fantastic options you can plant in the snow. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum shows you wildflowers you can grow from seed in January.

The tall thuja trees in the garden are covered with snow, some trees are damaged due to heavy snowfall.

Trees

Damage from Heavy Snowfall: 7 Tree-Saving Strategies

If you’ve heard the snap and crack during a winter weather event, you’ve experienced the dread of a fallen limb or, worse, an entire tree. Garden expert Katherine Rowe looks at the best care for trees after a heavy snowfall to prevent further damage.

Hands wearing yellow gloves holding a pot with a flowering bush, transferring it into freshly dug soil. The bush has pink blossoms with layered petals and dark green leaves.

Shrubs

Can You Plant Roses in January?

Underneath a rose’s outward beauty is a durable and hardy core, but certain conditions at planting set the best foundation for those gorgeous blooms. This includes minimizing winter extremes. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in when to plant roses in late winter, depending on your climate.

Multiple Phalaenopsis plants with long stems and large flowers in white, pink, red, and yellow. The flowers have rounded petals with delicate patterns. Green leaves surround the base of the plants.

Flowers

7 Orchid Winter Care Tips for Thriving Plants All Season

Many orchids are tropical plants that need special care during the cooler months. Depending on the species, you may need to switch things up if you want to see them flower. Orchid enthusiast Melissa Strauss offers some tips on caring for your tropical beauties during the cooler months.

Bright scarlet flowers with a satiny finish bloom on slender, upright stems with narrow green leaves, ideal for a sunny garden and perfect for beginner flower seeds.

Flowers

17 Best Beginner Flowers to Grow From Seed

Late winter is ideal for seed sourcing, with our sights on a florific warm season. With easy-to-sow and grow selections, the blooms abound without intensive seedling management or the need for extensive seed-starting supplies. Explore easy flowers to grow from seed with garden expert Katherine Rowe to kick off spring in bloom.

Pale apricot-hued blossom with layered petals and a sunny yellow center set against a background of green foliage, perfect for flower seeds 2025.

Flowers

21 Flower Seeds We’re Most Excited to Plant in 2025

It's time to start planning and planting your flowers for the coming year! If you need some inspiration, we would love to share some of our favorites for 2025. Read on to see what cut flower gardener Melissa Strauss is growing in her flower patch this year.

Ripe seed capsules of the foxglove plant are elongated, dry, and split open, ready to reseed.

Ornamental Gardens

Will Foxgloves Reseed in the Garden?

Foxgloves are striking ornamentals with tall bloom spikes and bold vertical interest. They draw pollinators with their early bell blooms, graceful on strong stems. A durable nature belies their delicate appeal. Garden expert Katherine Rowe explores how to manage the vigorous seed producers to balance perennialization.

A potted banana tree in a stylish wicker planter stands in a bright room for overwintering.

Trees

How to Overwinter Potted Banana Trees

Banana trees make striking potted plants, but they aren't cold-hardy. There are steps you can take to protect your lovely tropical fruit trees to keep them healthy for when spring rolls around. Florida gardener Melissa Strauss discusses how to treat your potted banana tree to take it through the frosty months.