Ornamental Gardens

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

Close-up of a blooming native plant in late spring, possessing large clusters of funnel-shaped pink flowers with darker speckles bloom above glossy, dark green, leathery leaves.

Ornamental Gardens

11 Native Plants That Bloom in Late Spring

Pollinators need our care! Planting late spring blooming native species is an excellent way to help them. Your late flowering plants will provide pollen and nectar while their structures offer valuable habitat space. Native plant gardener Jerad Bryant shares 11 choice varieties for the home garden.

The garden bed is full of more and more snowdrop blooms featuring thin green stems holding delicate, nodding white flowers with three outer petals and a green-marked inner cup, rising above narrow, grass-like leaves.

Flowers

5 Tips for More Snowdrop Blooms Every Year

Snowdrops beckon spring with easy elegance. The early-flowering bulbs invigorate the frosty landscape with fresh greens and pure white bells. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in how to grow our snowdrop colonies for added enchantment each year.

Delicate white native southeast spring wildflowers with pink veins bloom on slender stems, framed by lance-shaped green leaves.

Flowers

13 Spring Ephemeral Wildflowers Native to the Southeast

Spring in the southeastern United States is a magical time of year. Warm temperatures, early rains, and longer days cause wildflowers to burst into life. Join Tennessee resident and native plant enthusiast Briana Yablonski to learn about spring ephemerals native to the Southeast.

Close-up of blooming bright, spring ranunculus varieties, possessing vibrant purple and white bicolor flowers with overlapping, rounded petals surround a delicate yellow center, perched atop slender stems with deeply lobed, dark green leaves.

Flowers

17 Dreamy Ranunculus Varieties to Grow This Spring

With their ruffled petals and fuzzy stems, ranunculus make a gorgeous addition to the cutting garden, and anywhere else you plant them. Cut flower gardener Melissa Strauss has some incredible varieties to share that you are certain to adore.

A field of flowering lupines grown from seeds with tall, spiky flower clusters in shades of purple in dense whorls along the stems, rising above palmate green leaves with slender, pointed leaflets.

Flowers

How To Grow Lupines From Seed: 9 Expert Growing Tips

Lupines—favorite wildflowers with striking bell spikes and sweeps of warm season color—are easy to grow from seed in the right conditions. Seedlings get underway with a few steps to promote successful germination. Garden expert Katherine Rowe explores how to grow lupines from seed for bright, perennial blooms.

A group of orange, pink, red, and white flowers with many layered, delicate petals growing closely.

Flowers

11 Ranunculus Growing Secrets for Cut Flower Gardeners

If you're a cut flower gardener, and you're not yet growing ranunculuses, you're truly missing out. They are some of the most wonderful blooms for floral arrangements. Join cut flower gardener Melissa Strauss for some tips on how to grow some of these gorgeous flowers of your own!

Blooming perennial delphinium varieties with tall spikes of vibrant blue flowers with dark centers.

Flowers

11 Best Perennial Delphinium Varieties to Grow This Year

Many gardeners fall in love with delphiniums’ tall stems and beautiful flowers. However, not everyone knows you can grow these flowers as perennials! Join flower farmer Briana Yablonski to learn some of the best perennial delphinium varieties to add to your garden.

Close-up of a blooming saucer magnolia tree bearing large, cup-shaped pink flowers on bare branches with smooth, dark bark, while fresh, broad green leaves begin to emerge beneath.

Trees

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Saucer Magnolia Trees

Magnolias are among the oldest flowering plants in the world. The saucer magnolia is a special hybrid that thrives in lawns, gardens, and large containers. Whether buying one for the first time or cultivating an old specimen, this guide has everything you need to know about saucer magnolias and their care.

Close-up of a blooming blue delphinium variety possessing a tall, sturdy stem with deeply lobed green leaves supporting clusters of vibrant blue flowers with purple hints arranged along the spike.

Flowers

13 Beautiful Blue Delphinium Varieties to Plant This Season

Delphiniums are graceful, beautiful, and impressive plants that look incredible in the cottage garden and beyond. They come in several colors, but blue is the classic, tried-and-true shade for these pretty perennials. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to admire some of the loveliest hues, from cobalt to sky.