Ornamental Gardens Archives

A cluster of Penstemon plants with vibrant pink blooms adorning the branches, showcasing delicate petals and a lush, inviting color palette. The green leaves underneath accentuate the vividness of the flowers, providing a verdant contrast against the soft pink hues. Surrounding this display is a backdrop of abundant, flourishing greenery, enhancing the scene's natural beauty.

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Penstemon

If you’re looking for a beautiful and low-maintenance perennial for your garden, consider penstemon. Join gardener Briana Yablonski to learn how to select and care for these native plants.

A close-up captures the stunning beauty of a luxurious redbud tree in full bloom. The majestic tree boasts a vibrant green canopy overflowing with delicate pink flowers. Flowers form small, tightly packed clusters that resemble tiny puffs of cotton candy.

Trees

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Redbud Trees

Thinking about adding a feature tree to your garden? Have you considered a rescue tree? With its stunning spring flowers and beautiful shape and foliage, it is a striking tree to add to your landscape. Master Gardener Laura Elsner will walk you through growing and maintaining redbud trees.

A picturesque scene filled with purple hyacinths, orange tulips, and yellow daffodils, their green leaves creating a harmonious blend of colors. Each bloom stands out, adding a burst of vibrant hues to the garden landscape.

Flowers

27 Best Early-Season Flowers for a Spring Cut Flower Garden

If you are planning a cut flower garden for the coming year, it’s a good idea to plan ahead for the spring so your garden is in full swing as early as possible. Here are 27 early-blooming plants that work great in the cut flower garden.

Flowers

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For Gerbera Daisies

Gerbera daisies are iconic cut flowers that always seem to have a sunny disposition. In this article, gardening expert Kaleigh Brillon shows you how to grow these daisies yourself so you can always have a vase of cheer on hand.

A close-up of a pot filled with blue trailing lobelia flowers. Everything in the pot is covered in the delicate blue blooms of the plants, with their petal tips curving gracefully. Their intricate, small green leaves provide a pleasing contrast to the vivid color of the blooms.

Ornamental Gardens

21 Best Trailing Plants for Pots and Containers

Trailing plants have a special role in the world of container gardening. Whether you are looking for a spectacular spiller or a plant that can stand (or hang) alone, here are some beautiful trailing plants that work great in containers.

Flowers

How to Start a Beautiful and Productive Cut Flower Garden

If you love cut flower arrangements as much as you love growing flowers, a cutting garden is a wonderful project to embark on. In this article, gardening expert Melissa Strauss shares some tips to help you on your way to a successful cut flower garden.

This close-up features a succulent aloe vera plant called ‘Minnie Belle’. Its fleshy leaves sprawl outwards, each rimmed with a fringe of frosty white spikes, a surprising contrast to the typical smooth aloe edge.

Cacti & Succulents

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Minnie Belle Aloe

Looking for a fuss-free plant to grow in your home or cactus garden? While there are many aloes, ‘Minnie Belle’ is a small and unique aloe variety. It is a great starter plant for new gardeners and an interesting addition to experienced growers’ collections. In this article, master gardener Laura Elsner will walk you through how to grow ‘Minnie Belle’ aloe.

Close-up of aloe dying in a large black pot. The plant has a rosette of drooping, withered, rotting, brown, lance-shaped leaves with pointed tips and small spines along the edges.

Cacti & Succulents

6 Reasons Your Aloe is Turning Black and Dying

Aloe vera is known for its resilience, but that doesn’t mean it is invincible. If your aloe vera plant looks black, sad, or withered, you may need to adjust the soil, sunlight, watering, or temperature to bring it back to health. Garden expert Logan Hailey digs into common reasons for a blackened aloe and how to fix them.

Close-up of a blooming Magnolia grandiflora in a sunny garden. The leathery, elliptical leaves have a deep green color on the upper surface and a velvety, rusty-brown underside. The massive, creamy-white flower has a waxy texture with numerous petal-like tepals.

Trees

How to Grow a Magnolia Tree from Seed

Magnolia trees can be propagated via softwood cuttings, grafting, air layering, and chip budding, but why not try your hand at starting one from seed? The reward of the extra time and energy spent is worth it when you enjoy a magnolia tree you started from seed! Join organic farmer Jenna Rich as she goes through eight steps you can take to do so.

Close-up of blooming Kalanchoe blossfeldiana - one of the popular statement succulents. Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, commonly known as the Flaming Katy, is a compact and charming succulent plant. With its thick, fleshy, dark green leaves, the plant forms a rosette structure. The vibrant and eye-catching flowers of bright pink are small, and cluster together in dense, upright clusters, creating a stunning floral display.

Cacti & Succulents

16 Statement Succulents For Your Indoor Garden

Are you looking for an easy-care plant with a lot of personality to spice up your indoor garden? Take a look at these showstopping succulents that look great and thrive on neglect.

Close-up of Prairie Dropseed plants growing in a garden bed. The Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis) is a native North American grass known for its fine-textured and graceful appearance. The plant forms dense, rounded tufts of slender, arching leaves that are green and narrow.

Ornamental Gardens

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Prairie Dropseed

Are you looking for an ornamental grass for your sunny landscape? Prairie dropseed is an easy-to-grow native grass that can be used in a variety of garden arrangements. All you need is a sunny plot with well-drained soil. In this article, gardening enthusiast Liessa Bowen will discuss the proper care and maintenance of this beautiful and useful ornamental grass.

A close-up of Paperwhite flowers reveals delicate blooms with slender, white petals in full blossom. Each petal holds a slight hint of translucence, evoking a sense of purity and grace. The blooms stand out against a backdrop of vibrant, blurred green leaves, creating a serene garden tableau.

Bulbs

7 Flowering Paperwhite Varieties for Indoor Winter Gardens

If you’re thinking about growing paperwhites this season, check out these beautiful varieties that are certain to bring the beauty of the garden indoors during the winter months.

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