Ornamental Gardens

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

Close-up of a blooming potted gardenia in winter, featuring glossy dark green leaves and pure white blooms with soft petals in a burgundy pot against a blurry window view.

Flowers

9 Care Tips for Potted Gardenias in Winter

Beautiful gardenias fill the air with their amazing perfume during the warmer seasons. But how do you keep your potted plant happy in winter? Join gardening expert Melissa Strauss for some tips on keeping your gardenia happy and healthy through the Holidays and beyond.

Glossy, dark green leaves form a dense backdrop for vibrant, single red blooms with a golden-yellow center.

Shrubs

How to Plant, Grow, and Care For ‘Yuletide’ Camellia

Camellias are a treasure when they flower in the cool season, and their attractive foliage and forms structure the landscape year-round. ‘Yuletide’ bursts with bright red blooms just in time for the holidays. Explore how to plant, grow, and care for these sasanqua camellias with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.

An eye-catching flowering plant in a beautiful shade of pink, planted in a white pot, set on top a table in a garden.

Flowers

5 Ways to Encourage Cyclamen Blooms This Season

Cyclamen charms the interior with fluttering blooms in saturated hues. Their colorful display begins when many other plants are resting. To promote blooms and to keep them going for an extended winter show, join gardening expert Katherine Rowe in a few primary care tips.

Creamy white bloom with thick, velvety petals spiraling tightly, surrounded by glossy green leaves.

Flowers

The 13 Cold-Hardiest Gardenias to Try

Gardenias bring a pure kind of beauty in florals, fragrance, and foliage. Simple and crisp, there’s a natural elegance to each bloom, not to mention the sensational, unmistakable perfume that evokes memories of gardens past. While we associate them with warm summer evenings and heavy, humid air, cold hardy varieties bring the finest attributes to cooler growing zones. Explore cold hardy gardenias with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.

A man repots a Norfolk Island pine tree with symmetrical, whorled branches, covered in soft, needle-like foliage in a large white pot indoors.

Trees

How to Repot Norfolk Island Pine Trees

Do your favorite evergreens look like they’re about to destroy their pots? It’s time repot your Norfolk Island pine trees once they get too big for their containers. In this article, horticulture expert Matt Dursum shows you how to repot your trees in time for the holiday season.

Cyclamen coum, one of the cyclamen varieties known for winter bloom, has round, marbled green leaves and delicate pink flowers with curled petals.

Flowers

9 Cyclamen Varieties That Bloom In Winter

Winter-blooming cyclamen are pure delight in the garden and as potted houseplants. From the holiday season and beyond, their bright blooms and silvery-green leaves are distinct in the collection. Explore cyclamen to perk up winter days with gardening expert Katherine Rowe.

A cluster of neatly shaped, cone-like evergreens with dense, bright green needle foliage.

Trees

How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Dwarf Alberta Spruce Trees

Small, compact, and pyramidal, dwarf Alberta spruces add formal structure and bright green foliage to the garden. Plant one as a specimen and watch it grow alone, or situate multiple in a row to create a natural fence. Join former nursery tree grower Jerad Bryant in learning how to grow and care for these miniature spruces.

White star-shaped blossoms with elongated nectar spurs, surrounded by slender green leaves.

Flowers

How to Grow and Care For Christmas Star Orchids

Orchids are beautiful and fascinating with their waxy leaves, exotic blooms, and unique growth habits. Join orchid enthusiast Melissa Strauss to discuss how to care for a Christmas star orchid, a species with a special pollinator relationship.