Ornamental Gardens

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

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Trees

15 Trees to Plant in September

It’s fall planting season and a great time to introduce a new tree to your landscape. If you’ve been thinking about adding a tree or two, now is the time to grab your garden gloves and start digging. Join gardening expert Liessa Bowen as we introduce 15 terrific trees you can plant in September.

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Ornamental Gardens

How To Create a Perennial Border That Works: 11 Recommendations

Perennial borders offer boundless opportunities to create interest and diversity. They demarcate a space with flows of textural foliage and flowers. A border that works bridges the aesthetic and functional, providing a distinctive space filled with seemingly carefree beauty. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in creating an abundant, harmonious border with subtle, underlying order

A cozy porch decorated for fall with vibrant potted flowers in shades of orange and red, surrounded by pumpkins and gourds.

Flowers

17 Fall Flowers to Beautify Your Front Porch

Are you ready to spruce up your porch with some beautiful fall flowers? Gardening expert Melissa Strauss has a list of autumn-blooming beauties that will make the front of your home look warm and welcoming for the coming holiday season.

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Flowers

How to Propagate Chrysanthemums

We’re approaching mum season, a delightful time of autumnal color in the garden. These perennial beauties aren’t limited to the front porch or potted floral display—grow them year-round for seasons of repeat color and cheer. With gardening expert Katherine Rowe, explore how to easily propagate hardy chrysanthemums to expand your collection.

Aster plants have clusters of star-shaped flowers with delicate, narrow petals in shades of purple and pink, and dense green leaves with serrated edges along tall, slender stems.

Ornamental Gardens

17 Perennial Seeds to Sow in September

September brings varying conditions as summer moves to fall. It’s an exciting time in the garden with colorful changes and cooling temperatures. Pressures of the warm season ease, with less heat stress and fewer weeds and pest disturbances. It can be an all-around more relaxing and productive month to garden. Depending on your climate, perennial seeds sown this month produce before frost or overwinter for a spring display. Join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in exploring options for September planting.

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Ornamental Gardens

7 Tips For Dividing Chrysanthemums

With hints of fall in the late summer garden, our thoughts turn to cooler days and autumnal displays. Hardy mums are a hallmark of the season, brightening front porches and garden borders. These perennials are an asset year-round and benefit from dividing over time. Gardening expert Katherine Rowe shares tips for the easy process of expanding chrysanthemums in your collection.

A Cornflower plant with bright blue and pink fringed petals and slender green stems topped with narrow leaves.

Flowers

13 Annual Flower Seeds to Plant in September

This month, gardeners in warm climates can plant their shoulder-season blooms to establish before heavy frost. In colder regions, direct sow hardy annuals for a spring surprise or start them indoors to overwinter for robust plants come early spring. Enjoy extended color from sowing seasonal growers with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.

Female hands in blue gloves divide fall perennials, including a daffodil plant with round tubers and narrow, elongated green leaves that arch gracefully.

Ornamental Gardens

15 Tips for Dividing Your Perennials This Fall

Are you ready to divide some of your garden perennials? Dividing perennials provides several benefits and is a great gardening task for cooler fall weather. Join gardening expert Liessa Bowen as we discuss 15 simple tips to help you get the most out of your experience as you prepare to divide your favorite perennials.

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Trees

7 Tips For Protecting Newly-Planted Trees

Bare-root, container, and B&B trees thrive after planting with some care. Give them the right treatment, and they’ll reward you with shade, blossoms, and fruits or nuts. These nine tips from nursery tree grower Jerad Bryant will help your new specimens perform to the best of their ability.

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Ornamental Gardens

How to Transplant Shrubs and Trees: 8 Pro Tips

Fall and spring are excellent seasons to add new shrubs and trees to your backyard. You’ll want them to take off with new growth without having setbacks or diseases. These 8 tips guide you through the transplanting process to ensure your plants survive and thrive. Discover how the pros transplant shrubs alongside seasoned grower Jerad Bryant.

Yellow and orange French marigolds bloom vibrantly amid green leaves in a wooden raised bed.

Flowers

17 Annual Flowers That Will Bloom Until First Frost

If you want to keep your garden blooming as long as possible, some great annual flowers can bloom right up to the first freeze. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss has some beautiful plants to share that will continue until Jack Frost turns up for the winter.