Desert gardens are dynamic, brimming with diversity of forms, textures, colors, and blooms. Relish the life of the desert landscape with head-turning flowering plants and floral displays with garden expert Katheirne Rowe.
Why waste time landscaping when you could be gardening? It often costs more money than the value it adds to your home. You’ll have to hire an expensive professional or spend lots of time doing it yourself. These seven landscaping projects are a waste of time! Forget them, and consider alternatives instead.
In late summer, our roses may benefit from a little refresh. With final rounds of deadheading, our reblooming types put on a late-season show. Removing declining canes in all types improves overall health. Explore rose pruning to do now for vigorous roses heading into winter.
From a harmonious foundation to a perennial border to an evergreen screen, easy landscape ideas evoke a seemingly effortless appeal that works across sites. While no landscape is free of maintenance or challenges, incorporating a few staple components creates the basis for a yard that works. Garden designer Katherine Rowe explores simple home landscape themes to inspire the next installation.
Grass that stays green all year is a great way to keep your garden and yard looking sharp in the cooler months. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss shares some beautiful types of evergreen grass to keep color on the ground all year-round!
Dahlias, unparalleled in their floral forms and extended display, bring high color and visual interest to the arrangement. With a simple cut after the dahlias flower, we can promote even more of the stunning flowers more quickly than if they stay on the stem. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe outlines how and when to cut dahlias after flowering (and when not to) for the biggest bloom show.
Adding fragrant plants to your patio is a fantastic way to add beauty and sensory delight to your outdoor living space. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss shares plants that are both beautiful and aromatic to add to your potted patio plant collection.
Flowers aren’t the only way to inject color into the garden—bright, color-changing leaves are another! Their lovely textures and interesting shapes provide ornamental interest through the seasons. Try one of these 25 perennials with color-changing foliage from seasoned grower Jerad Bryant.
Whether making a quick refresh to weary beds or creating a new look for the season, fast-growing plants bring swift rewards. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe highlights selections that perform across garden scales and conditions with high visual interest and lasting color.
Dahlias have specific water needs that change throughout the season, and getting it wrong can mean fewer blooms or plant failure. Gardening expert Madison Moulton shares the watering secrets that keep dahlias thriving.
Hydrangeas are standout flowering shrubs in the summer garden, offering one of the biggest bloom shows of the season. Durable, they perform across growing zones. But the moisture-loving ornamentals benefit from extra care during drought situations. Gardening expert Katheirne Rowe outlines how to protect hydrangeas during heat waves and dry spells for long-lived, healthy shrubs.
Perennials that continue to bloom in late summer are a rare breed, but they do exist. Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss to talk about some of the perennials you can plant to keep your garden blooming during the dog days of summer.