Coleus: Vibrant Foliage For A Colorful Garden
Coleus produces a rainbow of leaf colors that can really brighten up the garden! We discuss these ornamental foliage plants and their care.
Ornamental Gardens
Learn how to cultivate beautiful ornamental gardens and how to troubleshoot common pests, diseases, and growing problems!
Dianthus Dreams: Fragrant, Easy-Growing Perennials
Carnations, sweet william, pinks! Dianthus are fun and useful plants to grow in a perennial garden. Learn all you need to grow them here!
Black Eyed Susan: Growing Rudbeckia Plants
Black-eyed Susan plants are popular flowers to grow and attract beneficial insects. Our guide explains growing black-eyed Susan step by step!
Bee Balm: How To Plant, Grow, and Care for Monarda
We all want to encourage pollinators to populate our gardens. After all, without those pollinating insects, we don’t have flowers or produce! And so, to draw beneficial insects to our yards, we tend to use plants like bee balm. But what is it, exactly? It’s a part of the mint family (Lamiaceae), and an awful … Read more
8 Native Shrubs and Trees for Midwestern Fall Color
We all love trees and shrubs that have beautiful fall color. We also love birds and butterflies. We can help these creatures by asking for native plants when we shop at garden centers. See: 16 Invasive Species Sold at Garden Centers You Should Never Buy Butterflies need native plants to reproduce successfully and produce caterpillars. … Read more
Stunning Succulents: Fertilizing Your Drought-Tolerant Plants
You just brought home that cute little cactus that you’d been eyeing at the market. Or maybe it’s a jade plant that you want to grow lush and green and fill in space in your yard. Perhaps it’s the fractal-like aloe polyphylla, or for that matter a good aloe vera plant. Whatever your choice, you’ve … Read more
Jasmine Plant: Grow and Care for Jasminum
Blooming in the summertime, jasmine flowers are known for their sweet, exotic fragrance on warm evenings. This unique scent is often used in perfumes, and the flowers are widely popular, too — varieties of jasmine are the national flowers of the Philippines, Indonesia, and Pakistan. Not all jasmines are aromatic, though many popular varieties are. … Read more
Sweet Potato Vine: Grow and Care for Ipomoea Batatas
Have you ever looked at a sweet potato during dinner and wondered what it looks like in its plant form? Well, look no further, for here you’ll learn all about the sweet potato vine… the ornamental sweet potato vine, that is! While it is the same species as its edible relative, ornamental sweet potato vines … Read more
Pampas Grass: Growing Cortaderia Selloana In Gardens
Pampas grass is a huge, but stunning grass that produces feathery plumes. We explore its care, keeping it in check, and growing healthy grass!
7 Famous Types of Orchids You Can Grow
In previous centuries, orchids were a real rarity. Orchid hunters would head off on perilous voyages to tropical areas and bring these delicate flowers back home for wealthy households. Orchids were associated with class, elegance and extraordinary beauty fit for royalty. This particular flower is reported to have first come about during the time of … Read more
Christmas Cactus Care: Holiday Cacti You’ll Love
Caring for a Christmas cactus, Thanksgiving cactus, or other species is pretty simple! Our in-depth guide breaks it down for you.
Umbrella Tree: The Best Ways To Grow Scheffleras
Schefflera plant, also called umbrella tree, is a fantastic houseplant and landscape plant. It’s known for being hardy even in cases of neglect or poor growing conditions. Not picky, it produces beautiful foliage. Whether it’s used to create bonsai or simply to perk up a dark corner, dwarf umbrella trees are great to grow. Let’s … Read more
