Wildflowers are easy-going beauties with showy blooms and textures that brim with multi-season appeal. They bring months of color and lasting winter interest. They’re also an essential source of food and shelter for pollinators and wildlife. Enjoy the extended display of top-performing selections, including natives, with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.
If you want to start off on the right foot with your new orchid or find the best location for those you already have, we can help. Join orchid enthusiast Melissa Strauss in finding the perfect place for your beautiful plant.
Conventional petunia by day, glowing blooms by night. Engineered with bioluminescence from mushrooms, Firefly petunias set the garden aglow. Explore this pioneering petunia with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.
In addition to their shining fall color, hardy garden mums are relatively carefree perennials. While susceptible to a number of diseases, they’re usually problem-free, and if detected early, plants often recover. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in a look at common diseases for chrysanthemums and how to treat and prevent them.
Hardy garden mums are easy-growers with high seasonal color spanning summer and fall. Chrysanthemums benefit from easy, light pruning to get the best form and flowers. With gardening expert Katherine Rowe, explore pruning benefits and basics for these lovely autumnal selections to ensure healthy flowering for years of recurrent color.
With lovely buds and profuse blooms on graceful stems, anemones are scene-stealers when they bloom and create an attractive leafy backdrop when not in flower. With perennial selections that bloom in fall or spring, the garden can host months of the precious wanding blooms. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe explores top-performing, award-winning favorites perfect for planting in October.
To be the biggest and brightest, hardy chrysanthemums need plenty of nutrition. Their floriferous blanket of color reflects much energy spent, first developing leafy uppers and strong stems, then in bud set and flowering. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring organic amendments and fertilizers, timed and applied correctly, to boost blooms that last all fall.
Why let petunias die in autumn? If you have them in hanging baskets, containers, or small pots, learn to overwinter them indoors or outdoors with these 9 easy steps. Join backyard grower Jerad Bryant and learn what your tender perennials need to survive the cold season.
Do you live in Tennessee or a surrounding state? You have a wealth of beautiful and easy-to-grow wildflowers native to your region! Join gardening expert Liessa Bowen as we introduce 21 native wildflowers to enhance your landscape, support pollinators, and create an eco-friendly garden.
Sowing seeds may not be the first thing you think of during fall, but it’s the perfect time to sow perennials for next year’s blooms. If you’ve got a bare spot, an empty pot, or want to fill your raised beds, you should direct sow any of these 15 species—they’ll turn drap gardens into blooming paradises!
Are you sick of seeing the same mums over and over again? Or perhaps you love mums but want even more color, texture, and height? There are hundreds of heirloom mum varieties out there for gardeners who are ready to step up their mum game. Gardening enthusiast Emily Estep has selected 23 heirloom chrysanthemum varieties you may want to pursue for your fall garden.
If you have a spot in your garden that’s begging for brightness, look no further than easy-to-care-for and cheerful carnations. Join organic farmer Jenna Rich to learn about 15 carnation varieties for your garden.