How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Gomphrena
If you’re seeking a hardy and cheerful bloom to add color and texture to your garden, gomphrena is a top pick. Flower farmer Briana Yablonski shares how to grow and care for this unique annual.
15 Workhorse Annual Flowers for Your Garden Borders
Reliable annuals do the heavy lifting for an instant boost to refresh the landscape. With extended flowering, they offer months of continuous color. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring durable annuals that shine in the border with easy care, whether in a mass or complementing a blended display.
13 Longest-Lasting Annual Flowers to Plant in April
April is a great time for planting flowering annuals. If you want to get the longest bloom time possible, it's important to choose the right plants. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to talk about some of the longest-blooming annuals you can add to your space.
How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Ageratum
Agertum’s easy-going nature and unique blooms make it an excellent addition to cut flower gardens, flower boxes, and planters. If you want to grow it at home, join flower farmer Briana Yablonski to learn planting and care tips.
9 Annual Flower Color Palettes We Love for Spring
One of the best ways to turn over a new leaf in the landscape is with an annual color reboot. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss shares some color palette refreshers that you can achieve with the addition of flowering annuals.
How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Love-in-a-Mist (Nigella) Flowers
If you’re looking to grow gorgeous and ethereal flowers this season, look no further than love-in-a-mist (nigella) flowers. These incredible showstoppers will add a touch of elegance to your garden. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum covers how to plant, grow, and care for these majestic flowers.
Pinching in the Cutting Garden: How to Get Maximum Blooms
If you’re growing a cutting garden and not pinching your plants, you could be missing out on a lot of flower power! Cut flower gardener Melissa Strauss has some steps you can follow to maximize the number of blooms you can harvest this year.
How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Verbena Bonariensis
Verbenas are purple-flowered plants with immense value in ornamental, pollinator, and herb gardens. Tall verbena is a hardy specimen that sometimes escapes cultivation. Learn how to cultivate it and manage its spread with seasoned grower Jerad Bryant.
9 Beautiful Columbine Varieties for Shade Gardens
If you have a shady spot in the garden, chances are it warrants a columbine (or many!). The native species and their cultivars, among others, brighten shaded zones with intricate blooms in bold and soft shades, including those prized, tranquil blues. The flowers are also a beacon for hummingbirds and other pollinators. Enjoy versatile columbines to add to your shade collection with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.
9 Award-Winning Geranium Varieties to Plant This Spring
Hardy geraniums (those softly mounding perennials with cupped blooms) are durable and offer years of easy color. Award-winning geranium varieties bring the highest performance and ornament, all in an easygoing, adaptable package. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores prized geranium varieties to bring the biggest appeal to the landscape and to pollinators, too.
13 Annual Flowers Butterflies Love
Calling all pollinator gardeners! The butterflies are back and looking for sweet nectar to fuel their fluttering. Pollinator gardener Melissa Strauss talks about some beautiful, low-maintenance annuals that will make those butterflies flock to your garden.
How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Pineapple Lilies
If you’re looking for a unique flower to grow this year, try growing pineapple lilies. These flowers produce tall greenish-white to pink bracts that actually resemble pineapples. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum shows you how to plant, grow, and care for these magical flowers.