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.
Ensure your precious mums stay snug all year with a repot! Chrysanthemums need repotting often since they hate getting rootbound. We’ll use compost, fresh soil, and a whole lot of love and care to keep your mums happy. Learn how to repot them with these nine easy steps from backyard gardener Jerad Bryant.
Virginia bluebells are a sweet welcome to spring and a graceful jewel of the shade garden. A North American native wildflower, this fleeting ephemeral provides a big show and pollinator resources in its short growing season. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring the beauty, surprise, and carefree qualities of this favorite perennial.
Rose mallows are among the largest-blooming perennials, with giant flowers and fanning petals. Native species and their cultivars bring vertical color, form, and texture to a variety of garden spaces in the ground and containers. September is the perfect time to add the pollinator-attracting specimens, which range from small and compact to tall and narrow in a range of reds, pinks, roses, and whites. Explore beautiful selections of hardy hibiscus with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.
Fall is a great time to grow flowers in warm climate zones. Many flowers thrive in the warm soil and cooler air. Cut flower gardener Melissa Strauss shares what she's planting this year and what works in her Zone 9 garden in the fall.
Roses are, hands down, the most famous and popular of all flowers. Cut flower gardener Melissa Strauss has uncovered the best of the best. Read on for some of the most popular varieties of all time.
Fritillaria, or fritillary plants, are hardy perennial bulbs that sprout flowers off drooping peduncles. They’re native to North America, Europe, and Asia, so there are native and non-native varieties for your garden. Join native plant gardener Jerad Bryant in discovering these 17 fritillaria bulbs you can plant this year for spectacular, fragrant, and bright-colored blooms.
Chrysanthemum shrubs decorate grocery store shelves from late summer through winter. After buying one of these plants, you may wonder if it’s an annual or a perennial and if it’ll overwinter in your yard. Wonder no more, as you’ll discover what kind of chrysanthemum you have alongside seasoned grower Jerad Bryant.
Popping up in spring to show off their pretty bell-shaped blooms are fritillaria flowers. Learn how to grow these striking bulbs with Wendy Moulton in this comprehensive guide, and include some special flowers in your garden.