Ornamental Gardens

Learn how to cultivate beautiful ornamental gardens and how to troubleshoot common pests, diseases, and growing problems!

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Shrubs

5 Reasons Your Indoor Azalea Is Dying and How To Fix It

These beloved woody perennial shrubs bring their colorful charm indoors through florist-potted varieties. The forced blooms in vibrant shades emerge as many other plants are resting. If your indoor azalea shows signs of stress and decline, join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring a few primary causes and how to restore its vigor.

A large house with white windows and a black roof is framed by a neat garden featuring evergreens, boxwoods, hydrangea bushes, Digitalis purpurea, daylilies, and white roses along a white fence.

Ornamental Gardens

11 Plants That Bloom Throughout the Year

Plants that flower throughout the year are garden and houseplant champions. They bring color across seasons, flowering almost continuously in optimal conditions and where hardy. Join garden expert Katherine Rowe in exploring repeat bloomers to incorporate for an extended show of color throughout the year in warm climates and with a long display in frostier growing regions.

On a table sits a throw away poinsettia with upright bare stems and clusters of red bracts resembling petals at the tops, the pot wrapped in burlap, alongside gardening tools and a few fallen leaves.

Flowers

Don’t Throw Away Your Poinsettia: How to Keep it Thriving for Months

After we enjoy the season's revelry, our bright poinsettias fade as they take a (well-deserved!) break as part of their natural growth cycle. In the right conditions, these tropical growers live year-round as houseplants or in the garden in frost-free climates. Want to keep your poinsettia thriving? Join garden expert Katherine Rowe in their best care.

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Flowers

9 Key Tips for Overwintering Hibiscus Plants

Hibiscus are lush and beautiful perennials you’ll want to grow in your garden. However, there are some things you’ll need to do to keep these colorful flowers alive in colder regions. In this article, plant expert Matt Dursum shows what it takes to overwinter your hibiscus plants.

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Flowers

When Do Hellebores Bloom?

Hellebores bloom sooner than most other perennials! They’re cool-weather lovers that form nodding, cup-shaped blossoms despite recurring frosts. Give them some extra care while they bloom so they look their best. Let’s dive into the world of hellebores alongside seasoned grower Jerad Bryant.

Araucaria heterophylla branches with lush green, soft, symmetrical needles arranged in a spiral pattern.

Trees

Watering Your Norfolk Island Pine Tree: 5 Pro Tips

Norfolk Island pine has soft evergreen needles and a symmetrical form that give it a stately look as a holiday decoration or long-lived houseplant. They bring joy well beyond the holidays but are a bit of a Goldilocks when it comes to watering. Learn how to balance your Norfolk pine’s water needs for fresh, green growth with garden expert Katherine Rowe.

A shot of flowers, leaves and stems of a winter honeysuckle

Shrubs

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Winter Honeysuckle

Honeysuckles are fragrant shrubs or vines perfect for chilly climates. Winter honeysuckle is a special type from China that grows well in North America. Give it plenty of space, airflow, and light, and it’ll fill your backyard with alluring, aromatic blossoms for decades.