Ornamental Gardens

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

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.

The cut back Hellebore plant features slender, pale green-pink stems topped with nodding, delicate flowers with purple-pink petals and pale yellow stamens, blooming gracefully in the garden.

Flowers

How and When to Cut Back Hellebore Leaves

Hellebores bloom before most other perennials! Their winter and spring blooms add color to still, lifeless gardens during the cold months. Cutting back hellebore foliage is optional, though it has incredible benefits for your plants. Longtime grower Jerad Bryant shares when and how to cut the leaves for peak performance.

A vibrant bed filled with multicolored Dahlias, featuring large, layered blooms in shades of pink, red, yellow, orange, and white, surrounded by lush green foliage under sunlight, ideal to plan spring flower garden layouts.

Flowers

Planning Your Spring Flower Garden: 7 Pro Tips

The time for spring planting is fast approaching, and it's time to start planning! You can finally take out that seed catalog and pour over the beautiful possibilities. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss for some tips on getting off on the right foot!

Close-up of white Helleborus flowers with five smooth petals, a pale yellow-green center, and fine stamens.

Flowers

5 Common Hellebore Diseases: ID and Treatment

In addition to their lovely late winter blooms and handsome foliage, hellebores are relatively carefree perennials. While usually problem-free, they are susceptible to certain diseases, some recoverable and some serious. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in a look at common diseases for hellebores and how to treat and prevent them.

Close-up of paperwhites reblooming with clusters of delicate white flowers, star-shaped petals, and small golden centers.

Flowers

9 Ways to Get Your Paperwhites to Rebloom

Our paperwhites ushered in the holidays in the loveliest ways, and now it’s time for post-bloom care. With some experimenting, you may be able to get blooms in future seasons. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe on caring for paperwhites to enjoy a potential rebloom.

A cluster of Viola tricolor flowers with purple, yellow, and white petals and vibrant green leaves.

Flowers

How to Grow Pansies from Seed in 11 Steps

Do you want to enjoy the timeless beauty of pansies this season? These easy-to-grow flowers will make the perfect additions to your flower garden. In this article, gardening expert Matt Dursum shows you how to grow pansies from seed the easy way.

Close-up of a gloved gardener's hand planting a bare-root perennial peony tuber in a sunny January garden.

Ornamental Gardens

11 Bare-Root Perennials to Plant in January

Do you want to get a head start on your garden this year? You can find bare-rooted perennials at your local nursery that are ready for planting now. In this article, gardening expert Matt Dursum shows you the bare-root perennials you can plant in January.